(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 men and women (when they cannot take place in the day time) are allowable by the example of the apostles.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:
_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...
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...
Acts 12:1-12. HEROD’S PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH. PETER’S MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE FROM PRISON...
_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...
ΣΥΝΙΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΣΥΝΟΡΆΩ (G4894) видеть вместе, видеть ясно, осознавать, воспринимать, "осознав свое положение" (Bruce; NTNT, 120). О перфектном значении предложного сочетания _см....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_And considering or reflecting, what was best to be done. (Witham)_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
JOHN-MARK; the writer of "The Gospel according to Mark," and the companion of Paul and Barnabas. Verse Acts 12:25....
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....
Peter in the house of Mary:...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
Acts 12:12 So G5037 considered G4894 (G5631) came G2064 (G5627) to G1909 house G3614 Mary G3137 mother...
‘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...
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 12:12. 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...
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:...
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...
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....
_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 12:12 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...
_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 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; 2 Timothy 4:11; Acts 16:40; Acts 4:23;...
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...
And having considered — What was best to be done. Many were gathered together — At midnight....