Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 12:17
Unto James, and to the brethren] The meeting in Mary's house was clearly an unofficial one. Observe that Peter recognises James (i.e. the Lord's brother) as the head of the local Church of Jerusalem.
Unto James, and to the brethren] The meeting in Mary's house was clearly an unofficial one. Observe that Peter recognises James (i.e. the Lord's brother) as the head of the local Church of Jerusalem.
ACTS 12:17 siga/n In order to prevent the reader of the generally received text from supposing that Peter made his explanation while still standing at the door of the gateway, the Western text adds t...
Verse Acts 12:17. _DECLARED-HOW THE LORD HAD BROUGHT HIM OUT OF THE_ _PRISON._] He still persisted in the belief that his deliverance was purely supernatural. It seems that some modern critics could h...
BUT HE, BECKONING ... - To prevent the noise, and tumult, and transport which was likely to be produced. His wish was, not that there should be clamorous joy, but that they should listen in silence to...
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...
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...
IMPRISONMENT AND DELIVERANCE (Acts 12:1-11)...
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...
BECKONING. Literally shaking down. Greek. _kataseio._ Only in Acts, here, Acts 13:16; Acts 19:33; Acts 21:40. The action suggested he was in haste and must not be interrupted. HOLD THEIR PEACE. be si...
_the Lord had brought him out of the prison_ Which had been his exclamation when he came to himself, "The Lord hath sent his angel." _Go shew_ There is only one verb in the Greek, which signifies "to...
ΠΩ͂Σ, _how_. See on Acts 9:27 note. Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ ἘΞΉΓΑΓΕΝ ἘΚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΦΥΛΑΚΗ͂Σ, _the Lord had brought him out of the prison_. Cf. his exclamation in Acts 12:11. ἈΠΑΓΓΕΊΛΑΤΕ, _carry word_. The A.V. has...
SURPRISE OF THE BRETHREN AND ANGER OF HEROD...
_PETER'S RELEASE SURPRISED THE BRETHREN ACTS 12:13-19:_ When Peter first reached the gate he was left standing at the door by Rhoda. She was too amazed to open the gate. She ran into the house and sai...
ΚΑΤΑΣΕΊΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΑΤΑΣΕΊΩ (G2678) знак или движение руки. ΣΙΓΆΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΣΙΓΆΩ (G4601) молчать. Эпэкз. _inf._ объясняет, что означал его знак рукой, ΔΙΗΓΉΣΑΤΟ _ao...
UNTO JAMES,— As _James the brother of John_ was dead, Acts 12:2 the person here referred to, must have been St. _James the Less,_ the son of Alpheus, who was probably the only apostle then at Jerusale...
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...
17. Apprehensive of a pursuit, Peter did not remain long with the brethren in the house of Mary. (17) "_But, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had led him o...
But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. An...
17 The death of James and the escape of Peter mark a crisis in the history of the kingdom proclamation. The power in Jerusalem passes out of the hands of the apostles into the hands of James, the Lord...
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...
GO SHEW THESE THINGS UNTO JAMES, AND TO THE BRETHREN. — The James, or Jacob, thus spoken of may have been either James the son of Alphæus or James the brother of the Lord. Many writers have maintained...
κατασείσας … σιγᾶν : only in Acts 13:16; Acts 19:33; Acts 21:40, prop. to shake down (as fruit from trees), thus to shake up and down (the hand), to beckon with the hand for silence, used with accusat...
BEYOND THEIR FAITH Acts 12:13-25 Mark's mother was evidently a woman of property, as her house was large enough to receive the many who felt that prayer was the key to open Peter's prison. Rhoda is R...
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...
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...
(7) But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren....
He went into another place. Did not think fit to stay in the city of Jerusalem. St. John Chrysostom takes notice, that upon another occasion, when he was delivered by an Angel out of prison, he went b...
When Peter is admitted, he at once takes command of the uproarious crowd, beckoning silence with his hand. He has no time to waste. He must run away and hide from Herod and the soldiers before dayligh...
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...
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...
17._Tell James and the brethren: _By brethren I understand not every one that was of the Church but the apostles and elders. For though it were requisite that the miracle should be made known to all,...
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...
BUT HE BECKONING UNTO THEM WITH THE HAND,.... This is what the Jews call רמיזה, "an hint" m, which is a beckoning, or making signs, either with the head or hand: and this was now made, to hold their p...
But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And...
_But Peter continued knocking_ Though they delayed to open to him; _and when_ At length, several of them, it seems, going out together; _they had opened the door, and saw him_ That it really was he; _...
UNTO JAMES; not James the son of Zebedee, who had been slain. Verse Acts 12:2. He is the same James that is mentioned in Acts 15:13; Acts 21:18; and is generally regarded to have been James the less,...
Peter leaves Jerusalem:...
BUT HE, BECKONING UNTO THEM WITH THE HAND TO HOLD THEIR PEACE, DECLARED UNTO THEM HOW THE LORD HAD BROUGHT HIM OUT OF THE PRISON. AND HE SAID, GO SHOW THESE THINGS UNTO JAMES AND TO THE BRETHREN. AND...
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...
BUT MOTIONING TO THEM WITH HIS HAND TO KEEP SILENT, HE DECLARED TO THEM HOW THE LORD HAD BROUGHT HIM OUT OF THE PRISON. AND HE SAID, " GO, TELL THESE THINGS TO JAMES AND TO THE BRETHREN. " AND HE DEPA...
"Motioning to them with his hand" This is what. person does when they wish the audience to become silent so he can be heard. "Report these things to James and the brethren" The James referred to is pr...
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...
BECKONING; it was usual by the motion of the hand both to desire silence and to crave audience. HOW THE LORD HAD BROUGHT HIM OUT; Peter gives God the glory, though an angel had been the means of his d...
17. Apprehensive of a pursuit, Peter did not remain long with the brethren in the house of Mary. (17) "_ But, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had led him...
Acts 12:17 But G1161 motioning G2678 (G5660) them G846 hand G5495 silent G4601 (G5721) declared G1334 ...
‘But he, beckoning to them with the hand to hold their peace, declared to them how the Lord had brought him forth out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James, and to the brethren.” ' T...
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...
Acts 12:17. BECKONING ONTO THEM WITH THE HAND. These are evidently the words of an eye-witness of Peter's visit to the house of Mary after his escape from prison. GO SHOW THESE THINGS UNTO JAMES. Jam...
There were probably loud exclamations of astonishment and joy.BECKONING WITH THE HAND (κατασεισας τη χειρ). First aorist active participle of κατασειω, old verb to signal or shake down with the hand...
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,...
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...
A SERVANT GIRL NAMED RHODA. This was at night, and they were Christians. The one at the door could be either friend or enemy, as far as they knew. SHE RECOGNIZED PETER'S VOICE. She is so happy she run...
_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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 12:17 JAMES 1:1 here is the brother of Jesus (see Introduction to James: Author, Date, and Recipients;...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:7; Acts 13:16; Acts 15:13; Acts 16:40; Acts 19:33;...
Beckoning [κ α τ α σ ε ι σ α ς]. Lit., having shaken downward with his hand, in order to bespeak silence and attention. It was a familiar gesture of Paul. See ch. Acts 21:40; Acts 26:1....
Beckoning to them — Many of whom being amazed, were talking together. And he said, Show these things to James — The brother or kinsman of our Lord, and author of the epistle which bears his name. He a...