Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 12:24
(12) But the (s) word of God grew and multiplied.
(12) Tyrants build up the Church by destroying it.
(s) Those that heard the word of God.
(12) But the (s) word of God grew and multiplied.
(12) Tyrants build up the Church by destroying it.
(s) Those that heard the word of God.
ACTS 12:24 qeou/ Instead of qeou/ codex Vaticanus and the Latin Vulgate unite to read kuri,ou, having been influenced by the expression a;ggeloj kuri,ou of ver....
Verse Acts 12:24. _BUT THE WORD OF GOD_] The Christian doctrine preached by the apostles _grew_ and _multiplied_-became more _evident_, and had daily _accessions_; for the spirit of _revelation_ rest...
BUT THE WORD OF GOD GREW ... - Great success attended it. The persecutions had now ceased; and notwithstanding all the attempts which had been made to crush it, stir the church increased and flourishe...
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...
FATE OF THE SOLDIERS AND OF HEROD. For the soldiers, _cf. Acts 5:21_ ff. Here they are led away to be put to death. The story of Herod's glorification and end is told by Josephus in a similar way; but...
IMPRISONMENT AND DELIVERANCE (Acts 12:1-11)...
Herod was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon. But they came to him with a common purpose. They gained the ear of Blastus the king's chamberlain and sued for peace because their country was depe...
WORD. Greek. _logos._ App-121. GREW. increased. MULTIPLIED. Greek. _plethuno._ See Matthew 24:12....
_But the word of God grew and multiplied_ Cp. Acts 6:7 and Acts 19:20. "The seed is the word," said Christ, and so the Christian historian tells us that the word was as seed, when it was cast forth di...
DEATH OF HEROD AGRIPPA I. GROWTH OF THE CHURCH...
Ὁ ΔῈ ΛΌΓΟΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ΗΥ̓́ΞΑΝΕΝ ΚΑῚ ἘΠΛΗΘΎΝΕΤΟ, _but the word of God grew and multiplied_, Cf. Acts 6:7 and Acts 19:20. ‘The seed is the word,’ said Christ, and so the Christian historian tells us tha...
_HEROD DIED A TERRIBLE DEATH ACTS 12:20-25:_ Herod was highly displeased with people of Tyre and Sidon. But their country got its food from the region that he ruled. Blastus, the king's chamberlain ha...
ΗΎΞΑΝΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΑΥΞΆΝΩ (G837) расти; _impf._ "продолжало расти" ΈΠΛΗΘΎΝΕΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΠΛΗΘΎΝΩ (G4129) увеличиваться. Лука имеет в виду, что увеличивалась эффективность воздейс...
GREW AND MULTIPLIED.— The expressions here used relate properly to vegetables, and may be intended to signify, that the growth of the gospel, that is, its prevalency in the minds and lives of some, wa...
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...
24. It was impossible that this providential and sudden death of Herod, occurring so soon after the murders which he had committed in Jerusalem, should not seriously affect the public mind. We are not...
But the word of God grew and multiplied. BUT THE WORD OF GOD GREW AND MULTIPLIED - q.d., 'Not only was the royal persecutor ignominiously swept from the stage, while his intended victim was spared...
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...
So signal a judgment upon a persecutor was an indication of the righteousness of the Christian cause. It is a remarkable fact that most of the early persecutors perished miserably. ACTS 12:25 TO ACTS...
DEATH OF HEROD AGRIPPA I, 44 a.d. Josephus's account of Herod's death, which is quite independent, confirms St. Luke's (see 'Ant.' 19.8)....
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...
BUT THE WORD OF GOD GREW AND MULTIPLIED. — The words describe a continuous expansion. The death of the chief persecutor left free scope for the activity of the preachers of the gospel, of which they w...
Acts 12:23 CHAPTER 8 THE DEFEAT OF PRIDE. Acts 12:1; Acts 12:23 THE chapter at which we have now arrived is very important from a chronological point of view, as it brings the sacred narrative int...
δὲ, marking the contrast, not only between the death of the persecutor and the growth of the Word, but also between the persecution and the vitality of the Church. ηὔξανε καὶ ἐπληθ. imperfects, markin...
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...
God Deals With Herod The next morning, as one might imagine, the prison was in turmoil. No one knew what had happened to Peter. When Herod could not find him, he had the guards executed. Roman law req...
But the word of God grew and multiplied. (25) And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. What a sweet reli...
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...
24._And the word of God. _When the tyrant was once taken out of the way the Church was suddenly delivered, as it were, out of the jaws of the wolf. Therefore, though the faithful be accounted as sheep...
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 THE WORD OF GOD GREW AND MULTIPLIED. The number of those who were converted by it, and embraced and professed it, increased; otherwise the word is the same, whether the professors of it be more or...
But the word of God grew and multiplied. Ver. 24. _But the word of God_] The Church is invincible; and truth may be oppressed a while, but not utterly suppressed. The Israelites never increased so as...
_But the word of God grew and multiplied_ Became more successful; and in every place where it was preached, the number of disciples was considerably multiplied, and their faith greatly established. So...
GREW AND MULTIPLIED; the gospel was more successful, and the number of believers greatly increased....
BUT THE WORD OF GOD GREW AND MULTIPLIED....
The judgment of God upon Herod:...
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 THE WORD OF GOD GREW AND MULTIPLIED. 1. Sometimes we must wait for the Lord to avenge wrongs. 2. Sometimes we must wait until judgment day. 3. Here - the justice of God was swift. 4. Herod die...
Herod had intended to bring Christianity to an end, but the church instead only grew. Notice that the church grows when the word of the Lord is spread by Christians. There is no substitute for persona...
20-25 Many heathen princes claimed and received Divine honours, but it was far more horrible impiety in Herod, who knew the word and worship of the living God, to accept such idolatrous honours witho...
GREW; the word of God is compared here to seed, as in our Saviour's parable, MATTHEW 13:19. MULTIPLIED; the number of believers multiplied through the word, which was sown, as seed is scattered abroad...
24. It was impossible that this providential and sudden death of Herod, occurring so soon after the murders which he had committed in Jerusalem, should not seriously affect the public mind. We are not...
Acts 12:24 But G1161 word G3056 God G2316 grew G837 (G5707) and G2532 multiplied G4129 (G5712)...
‘But the word of God grew and multiplied.' And in contrast to the end of the pretender, and in spite of what man could do, ‘the word of God grew and multiplied.' The word of God marched on in triumph...
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 12:24. BUT THE WORD OF GOD GREW AND MULTIPLIED. In strong contrast to the mournful end of the powerful enemy of the Christians, the Church of Christ kept on increasing in numbers and in power. Th...
GREW AND MULTIPLIED (ηυξανεν κα επληθυνετο). Imperfect active and passive. Cf. Acts 6:1. The reaction from the death of James and the imprisonment of Peter....
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...
CONTINUED TO SPREAD. The excitement of all that was happening helped to make people listen. Note how the word of God continued to spread so rapidly among people who were no more spiritual than people...
_But the Word of God grew and multiplied._ THE PROGRESS OF GOD’S WORD This progress--growth and multiplication of God’s Word--was displayed-- I. In the men of that period. 1. The spirit of every a...
_And … Herod … went down from Judea to Caesarea._ THE DEATH OF HEROD This journey of Herod is described by Josephus. It would seem that he left Judaea in disgust and spleen because Peter had escaped...
_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...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 12:20. For AND HEROD read _And_, or but, _he—i.e._, Herod. HIGHLY DISPLEASED.—θυμομαχῶν, _in a hostile state of mind_, in modern phrase, “contemplating hostilities” (Plumptre),...
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...
2 Thessalonians 3:1; Acts 11:21; Acts 19:20; Acts 5:39; Acts 6:7;...
HEROD'S DUPLICITY AND DEATH Acts 12:18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to our final message concerning Peter's third imprisonment. We are about to present the other side of the message. We have seen...
Observe, Herod the tyrant and persecutor being dead, the gospel prospered, and was preached up and down with great success. Persecutors, by their weak endeavours to pull down the church, do build it u...