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ACTS 12:12 sunidw,n
Dissatisfied with sunidw,n Hammond 232 conjectured that the text
originally read speu,dwn (“making haste”), and Pallis 233 emended
it to read...
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Verse Acts 12:12. _AND WHEN HE HAD CONSIDERED_] When he had weighed
every thing, and was fully satisfied of the Divine interposition, he
went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, the author...
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AND WHEN HE HAD CONSIDERED ... - Thinking on the subject; considering
what he should do in these circumstances.
HE CAME TO THE HOUSE OF MARY ... - Probably this house was near him;
and he would natur...
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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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IMPRISONMENT AND DELIVERANCE (Acts 12:1-11)...
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When Peter had grasped what had happened, he went to the house of
Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark. There a large number
had assembled together and were praying. When Peter had knocked...
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WHEN, &C. = having considered or realized. Greek. _suneidon._ See note
on Acts 5:2.
MARY. App-100.
JOHN. See Acts 13:5; Acts 13:13; Acts 15:
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_And when he had considered the thing_ Rather, "when he comprehended
it." At first he had been "like them that dream" (Psalms 126:1) at his
deliverance from captivity, but at length his mind grasped t...
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ΣΥΝΙΔΏΝ ΤΕ, _and when he comprehended the matter_, i.e. had
taken in all the circumstances and decided what was best to be done.
The same word is used (Acts 14:6) of the disciples getting news of an
i...
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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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AND WHEN HE HAD CONSIDERED THE THING,— And making haste,
(σπευδων) Hammond. _And deliberating with himself, or
recollecting where he was;_ Heylin and Doddridge. The _Mark_ here
mentioned is thought by...
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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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12. When the angel departed, he stood in the street for awhile,
reflecting upon the incident, and considering what he should do. In
the house of Mary the sister of Barnabas, a number of disciples were...
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And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary
the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered
together praying.
AND WHEN HE HAD CONSIDERED THE THING, HE CA...
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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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MARY] This Mary, mother of Mark, and aunt of Barnabas, was a widow of
considerable wealth, as her style of living testifies. Her house had a
gateway into the courtyard (not a 'door,' as AV), which was...
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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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MARY THE MOTHER OF JOHN, WHOSE SURNAME WAS MARK. — On the probable
identity of this Mark with the evangelist of that name, see
_Introduction to St. Mark’s Gospel._ Here we may note (1) that as
being m...
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συνιδών, _cf._ Acts 14:6; so several times in Apocrypha, so in
classical writers, and also in Josephus. It may also include a
consideration of the future (Bengel and Wetstein), but the aorist
refers r...
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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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(5) And when he had considered [the thing], he came to the house of
Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were
gathered together praying.
(5) Holy meetings in the nights of both...
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_And considering or reflecting, what was best to be done. (Witham)_...
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Now they have passed the gate and come to the first street. The angel
disappears. Peter diagnoses his environments and locates himself, and
goes at once to the house of Mary, where the saints are all...
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And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety,
that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the
hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of th...
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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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12._Into the house of Mary _It appeareth that she was a matron of rare
godliness, whose house was, as it were, a certain temple of God, where
the brethren did use to meet together. And Luke saith that...
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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 HE HAD CONSIDERED THE THING,.... The whole of the salvation
wrought for him; or rather, where he should go, to what house he
should betake himself; ere he was aware,
HE CAME TO THE HOUSE OF...
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And when he had considered _the thing_, he came to the house of Mary
the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered
together praying.
Ver. 12. _Where many were gathered together...
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_When Peter was come to himself_ And perceived that the extraordinary
things which had been shown him were not visionary representations,
but real facts; and when he saw where he was; _he said, Now kn...
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JOHN-MARK; the writer of "The Gospel according to Mark," and the
companion of Paul and Barnabas. Verse Acts 12:25....
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Peter in the house of Mary:...
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AND WHEN HE HAD CONSIDERED THE THING, HE CAME TO THE HOUSE OF MARY,
THE MOTHER OF JOHN, WHOSE SURNAME WAS MARK, WHERE MANY WERE GATHERED
TOGETHER PRAYING....
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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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SO, WHEN HE HAD CONSIDERED _THIS,_ HE CAME TO THE HOUSE OF MARY, THE
MOTHER OF JOHN WHOSE SURNAME WAS MARK, WHERE MANY WERE GATHERED
TOGETHER PRAYING.
1. Peter now develops a plan. He will go where h...
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"When he realized this" "He quickly surveys the situation as. whole,
weighing the possibilities of what he should do" (Reese p. 435). "The
house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark" T...
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12-19 God's providence leaves room for the use of our prudence,
though he has undertaken to perform and perfect what he has begun.
These Christians continued in prayer for Peter, for they were truly...
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Peter, being delivered, meditates upon the greatness of the danger
that he had been in, and the goodness of God that had delivered him,
and this whilst walking in the street, and going along: no place...
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12. When the angel departed, he stood in the street for awhile,
reflecting upon the incident, and considering what he should do. In
the house of Mary the sister of Barnabas, a number of disciples were...
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Acts 12:12 So G5037 considered G4894 (G5631) came G2064 (G5627) to
G1909 house G3614 Mary G3137 mother...
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‘And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary
the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered
together and were praying.'
And once he had thought everything...
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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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Acts 12:12. HE CAME TO THE HOUSE OF MARY. It was natural that Peter
should betake himself to Mary's house, for it is evident that between
this family and himself there existed some close tie of friend...
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WHEN HE HAD CONSIDERED
(συνιδων). Second aorist active participle of συνειδον
(for the defective verb συνοραω), to see together, to grasp as
a whole, old verb, but in the N.T. only here and Acts 14:...
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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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HE WENT TO THE HOME OF MARY. She is the mother of John Mark [who is
the cousin of Barnabas (Colossians 4:10).] Many people had gathered
there and were praying for the release of Peter....
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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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_And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary
the mother of John, whose surname was Mark._
JOHN MARK
1. Two names are here, one Jewish, the other Roman; the latter adopted
at f...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 12:12 JOHN WHOSE OTHER NAME WAS MARK will be a
major figure in the next three chapters. He goes with Paul and
Barnabas on the first part of their first missionary journey but
leaves...
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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 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; 2 Timothy 4:11; Acts 16:40; Acts 4:23;...
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When he had considered [σ υ ν ι δ ω ν]. The verb strictly means
to see together, or at the same time. Hence, to see in one view, to
take in at a glance. Peter's mental condition is described by two
ex...
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And having considered — What was best to be done. Many were gathered
together — At midnight....