Acts 12:11| Herod
| Herod, Agrippa I, whose successor was King Agrippa (II) in 25:13. Both were different from Herod the tetrarch in 13:1. Thus far the church had suffered persecution only from the Jewish religion. Now Gentile politics began to participate in the persecution in cooperation with the Jewish religion (v. 11).
Acts 12:1a| church| Acts 12:5;| 5:11;| 13:1
Acts 12:1b| mistreat| Acts 9:13
Acts 12:2a| did| Acts 9:23
Acts 12:2b| James| Matt. 4:21
Acts 12:2c| sword| Heb. 11:37
Acts 12:3a| pleasing| Acts 24:27;| 25:9
Acts 12:3b| Unleavened| Acts 20:6;| Exo. 12:15-20;| 23:15
Acts 12:4a| seized| cf. John 21:18
Acts 12:4b| prison| Luke 21:12;| Acts 16:23
Acts 12:41| quaternions
| A quaternion was a group of four soldiers.
Acts 12:4c| Passover| Exo. 12:11, 21;| John 18:28
Acts 12:5a| prayer| Acts 12:12;| Eph. 6:18
Acts 12:5b| church| Acts 12:1
Acts 12:6a| bound| Acts 21:33
Acts 12:7a| angel| Acts 5:19
Acts 12:7b| stood| Luke 2:9;| 24:4
Acts 12:7c| struck| 1|Kings 19:7
Acts 12:7d| chains| Acts 16:26
Acts 12:8a| sandals| Mark 6:9
Acts 12:9a| vision| Acts 10:3, 17;| 11:5;| 16:9-10
Acts 12:10a| opened| Acts 5:19;| 16:26
Acts 12:111| came
| Perhaps Peter felt that he had gone out of himself as in a trance; now he came to himself, that is, became sober. Cf. note 103 in ch. 10.
Acts 12:11a| angel| Gen. 48:16;| Psa. 34:7;| 91:11;| Dan. 3:28;| 6:22
Acts 12:11b| rescued| Psa. 33:18-19;| 97:10;| 2|Cor. 1:10;| 2|Pet. 2:9
Acts 12:12a| John| Acts 12:25;| 13:5, 13;| 15:37, 39;| Col. 4:10;| 2|Tim. 4:11;| Philem. 24;| 1|Pet. 5:13
Acts 12:12b| praying| Acts 12:5
Acts 12:151| his
| Not only the apostle Peter had an angel; even the little ones among the believers have their angels (Matt. 18:10). Angels are servants to the believers who inherit God’s salvation (see note 141 in Heb. 1). This is an arrangement in God’s eternal economy.
Acts 12:17a| motioning| Acts 19:33;| 21:40
Acts 12:171b| James| James 1:1
| This indicates that James was a leader among the apostles and among the elders of Jerusalem (cf. 15:13; 21:18; Gal. 1:19; 2:9, 12).
Acts 12:17c| brothers| Acts 11:1
Acts 12:19a| Caesarea| Acts 10:1, 24
Acts 12:201| chamberlain
| One who takes care of the bed chamber.
Acts 12:20a| fed| Ezra 3:7
Acts 12:23a| angel| 2|Sam. 24:17;| 2|Kings 19:35
Acts 12:23b| glory| cf. Psa. 115:1
Acts 12:23c| worms| Jonah 4:7
Acts 12:231| expired
| See note 51 in ch. 5.
Acts 12:241| God
| Some MSS read, the Lord.
Acts 12:24a| grew| Acts 6:7
Acts 12:251| Barnabas
| Verses 1-24 are a parenthetical section, a record of Peter’s persecution. This verse is a continuation of 11:30, which, with the preceding verses from 11:22, is a narration of Paul’s initiation into his apostolic ministry (see note 222 in ch. 11). The passage from 11:19—12:25 is a transitional record between Peter’s apostolic ministry to the Jews in chs. 2—11 and Paul’s apostolic ministry to the Gentiles in chs. 13—28 (cf. Gal. 2:7-8).
Acts 12:25a| dispensing| Acts 11:29
Acts 12:25b| John| Acts 12:12;| 13:5, 13