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ACTS 12:6 proagagei/n
There are four variant readings: proagagei/n (î74 A 8 36a 51 81 307
337 460 467 915 1874 _al_), prosagagei/n (B 33 254), prosa,gein (a...
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Verse Acts 12:6. _SLEEPING BETWEEN TWO SOLDIERS, BOUND WITH TWO
CHAINS_] Two soldiers guarded his person; his right hand being bound
to the left hand of one, and his left hand bound to the right hand...
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AND WHEN HEROD WOULD HAVE BROUGHT HIM FORTH - When he was about to
bring him to be put to death.
THE SAME NIGHT - That is, the night preceding. The intention of Herod
was to bring him out as soon as...
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. The great Persecution by Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:1)._
2. The miraculous deliverance of Peter (Acts 12:6).
3. The Presumption and Judgment of Herod (Acts 12:18).
4. Barnabas and Sau...
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PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH BY HEROD AGRIPPA. PETER'S ESCAPE FROM
PRISON. On Agrippa, see p. 610. His persecution of the Christians was
according to his general policy. The persecutions of the faithful...
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About this time Herod the king began to take hostile action to inflict
injury on certain men of the Church. He killed James, John's brother,
with the sword. When he saw that this gave pleasure to the...
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IMPRISONMENT AND DELIVERANCE (Acts 12:1-11)...
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WOULD HAVE BROUGHT. was about to bring.
THE SAME. that.
SLEEPING. Greek. _koimaomai._ App-171.
KEEPERS. guards. See Acts 5:23.
KEPT. were keeping....
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_And when Herod would have brought him forth_ Literally, "was about to
bring him forth," and this should be expressed, because it is an
additional note of the delay and lapse of time between the arres...
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ὍΤΕ ΔῈ ἬΜΕΛΛΕΝ ΠΡΟΑΓΑΓΕΙ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ Ὁ
ἩΡΏΔΗΣ, _and when Herod was about to bring him forth_. This is
an additional note of the lapse of some space between the arrest and
the intended punishment of the A...
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Acts 12:1-12. HEROD’S PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH. PETER’S
MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE FROM PRISON...
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_PETER COULD NOT BE KEPT IN PRISON ACTS 12:6-12:_ The night before
Peter was to be put on trial, he was asleep and bound by two chains.
Two soldiers were guarding him and other soldiers were guarding...
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ΉΜΕΛΛΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΜΈΛΛΩ (G3195)
собираться. _Impf._ используется с _inf._
для выражения намерения,
сохранившегося с момента в прошлом (MKG,
307).
ΠΡΟΑΓΑΓΕΙΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΡΟΆΓΩ (G42...
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5.
AT JERUSALEM. Acts 12:1-24.
a.
Persecution of Herod. James beheaded. Peter imprisoned. Acts 12:1-5.
Acts 12:1
Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict
certain of the c...
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6. Time wore away in painful suspense until the Passover was gone by.
(6) "_And when Herod was about to bring him forth, in that night Peter
was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, a...
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And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was
sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers
before the door kept the prison.
AND WHEN HEROD WOULD HAV...
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26 The name "Christian" is Latin in its termination, so seems to have
been given by the Romans. It is mentioned only twice more (Act_26:28;
1Pe_4:16), and was a term of contempt. It is never used by t...
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IMPRISONMENT OF PETER. DEATH OF HEROD
1-19. Persecution of the Church at Jerusalem by Herod. Martyrdom of
James the son of Zebedee. Peter's imprisonment and miraculous release.
The Church was persecut...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 12
PETER IN PRISON AGAIN, 12:1-5
V1 At that time, King Herod arrested some members of the *church. He
made them suffer very badly. V2 He ordere...
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PETER WAS SLEEPING BETWEEN TWO SOLDIERS. — The picture of the calm
repose of the Apostle as of one to whom God had given the sleep of His
beloved (Psalms 127:2), undisturbed by the fear of coming suff...
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τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ : “that very night,” _i.e._, the
night before the trial. κοιμώμενος, _cf._ 1 Peter 5:7 and
Psalms 127:2 : “for so He giveth His beloved sleep”: “and there
too it is beautiful that Paul...
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LOOSENED BONDS
Acts 12:1-12
This Herod was the grandson of Herod the Great. He courted the
goodwill of the Jews, though he was dissolute, cruel, and
unscrupulous. How wonderful that God can spare fr...
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Again persecution broke out in Jerusalem, and the first of the
apostolic band suffered martyrdom at the hands of Herod. A revealing
sentence concerning Herod is that which declares that when "he saw
t...
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The Danger of Prayer
While Herod waited for the end of Passover, the church waited in
prayer. They asked God to be with Peter, whether in simply requesting
that God help sustain his faith or have him...
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With these two chains, according to the Roman custom, St. Peter must
have been fastened to the two soldiers, that guarded him. Yet Peter
slept secure, trusting in that Providence which sleepeth not....
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Peter is sound asleep, flat on his back, chained to a soldier on
either side, the stilly hours of dulcet slumber treading slowly on,
anticipating the day of his bloody martyrdom. He must have had perf...
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And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was
sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers
before the door kept the prison. (7) And, behold, the angel...
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We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of
the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the
manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in
var...
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_A CHRISTIAN PRISONER_
‘Peter therefore was kept in prison.’
Acts 12:5
There are prisons and prisons. If we could read each other’s
hearts, I am afraid we should find many a disciple needing delive...
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_THE CHURCH AT PRAYER_
‘Prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him.’
Acts 12:5
‘More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of,’ or
that the Church dreams of either,...
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6._When he was about to bring him forth. _It seemeth at the first
blush that the Church prayeth to small purpose, for the day was now
appointed wherein Peter should be put to death, and he is within o...
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Herod, to please the Jews, begins to persecute the assembly in that
city. We may remark here, that the company of believers at Antioch are
also called the assembly (church), which is the case nowhere...
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AND WHEN HEROD WOULD HAVE BROUGHT HIM FORTH,.... The next morning; so
he had determined not to dismiss him, but to expose him to the people,
and to put him to such a death they should choose:
THE SAM...
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And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was
sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers
before the door kept the prison.
Ver. 6. _Peter was sleepin...
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_Peter therefore_ Till the day of his execution came; _was kept in
prison_ Under the continual guard of the fore-mentioned soldiers. _But
prayer without ceasing_ (The original expression, προσευχη
εκτ...
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WOULD HAVE BROUGHT HIM; was about to bring him.
SAME NIGHT; the night before the day of his intended execution.
BETWEEN TWO SOLDIERS, BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS; each wrist was chained,
after the Roman m...
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AND WHEN HEROD WOULD HAVE BROUGHT HIM FORTH, THE SAME NIGHT PETER WAS
SLEEPING BETWEEN TWO SOLDIERS, BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS; AND THE KEEPERS
BEFORE THE DOOR KEPT THE PRISON....
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The miraculous deliverance:...
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For a brief time again our eyes are turned toward Jerusalem and Peter,
though Peter's work is no longer taking the prominent place it did at
the beginning. Being the apostle to the Jews, he manifestly...
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AND WHEN HEROD WAS ABOUT TO BRING HIM OUT, THAT NIGHT PETER WAS
SLEEPING, BOUND WITH TWO CHAINS BETWEEN TWO SOLDIERS; AND THE GUARDS
BEFORE THE DOOR WERE KEEPING THE PRISON.
1. It was almost time to...
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"On the very night" On the very night before his scheduled trial and
execution. "Peter was sleeping" It is difficult to sleep when the mind
is filled with worry and apprehension, yet Peter does not se...
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6-11 A peaceful conscience, a lively hope, and the consolations of
the Holy Spirit, can keep men calm in the full prospect of death; even
those very persons who have been most distracted with terrors...
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BROUGHT HIM FORTH, to be put to death. THE SAME NIGHT: this is a night
to be remembered, as that in which God delivered his Israel out of
Egypt: when both were come to the utmost extremity, and at the...
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6. Time wore away in painful suspense until the Passover was gone by.
(6) " And when Herod was about to bring him forth, in that night Peter
was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, a...
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JERUSALEM FINALLY REJECTS THE APOSTLES, KINGSHIP CEASES IN ISRAEL, AND
THE WORD OF GOD GOES ON MULTIPLYING (12:1-24).
The new centre for world evangelisation having been set up
(unknowingly at the tim...
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‘And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter
was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards
before the door kept the prison. And behold, an angel (or
‘messe...
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Acts 12:6. THE SAME NIGHT. That is, the night before the day fixed for
the execution. Peter was not missed by the guards till sunrise about
six o'clock (see Acts 12:18). It was, then, in the fourth wa...
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WAS ABOUT TO BRING HIM FORTH
(Âημελλεν προσαγαγειν or προαγαγειν). The
MSS. vary, but not αναγαγειν of verse Acts 12:4.THE SAME
NIGHT
(τη νυκτ εκεινη). Locative case,ON THAT (VERY) NIGHT
.WAS S...
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CONTENTS: Persecutions of the church and arrest of Peter. Prayer for
his deliverance and his miraculous release Death of Herod.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Herod, James, Peter, 2 soldiers, angel, Mary, Mark,...
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Acts 12:1. _About that time,_ when the word of the Lord prevailed so
remarkably in Antioch and the northern provinces, and when Paul and
Barnabas had brought alms to Jerusalem, as in Acts 12:25, _Hero...
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THE NIGHT BEFORE. Putting a man to death on Passover week, would have
been a _defiling_ of those holy days. PETER WAS SLEEPING BETWEEN TWO
GUARDS. He was chained to each of them, while the other two s...
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_Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex
certain of the Church._
HEROD THE KING
The previous life of this prince had been full of strange
vicissitudes. The son of Aristobu...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 12:1. ABOUT THAT TIME (compare Acts 19:23).—_I.e._, before, or
about the time of, the arrival of Barnabas and Saul at Jerusalem (Acts
11:30). The incidents recorded in this cha...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 12:1
_Put _for _stretched, _A.V.;_ afflict _for _vex, _A.V. The phrase,
ABOUT THAT TIME, as in Acts 19:23, points to what had just before been
related (Meyer). The interposition of th...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Acts 12.
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex
certain of the church (Acts 12:1).
There are just a lot of Herods in the Bible and it i...
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1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Samuel 23:27; 2 Timothy 1:16; Acts 21:33; Acts 28:20
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Would have brought. Rev., correctly, was about to bring.
Kept [ε τ η ρ ο υ ν]. See on reserved, 1 Peter 1:4. The
imperfect, were keeping....
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BUT PRAYER
Acts 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Peter was in prison. Herod emboldened by the fact that his killing of
James had pleased the Jews, proceeded to take Peter also. His purpose
was to kill him a...
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HEROD KILLS JAMES
Acts 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There had come a time of comparative peace after the persecution which
arose about Stephen, had subsided. Not long, however, could Satan fold
his hands...
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Peter was sleeping — Easy and void of fear; between two soldiers —
Sufficiently secured to human appearance....
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Observe, Peter continued in prison till the very night before Herod
intended to bring him out to the people: And if they desired it, it is
probable he intended to put him to death the next day.
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