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ACTS 12:20-22
The account in the Western text of the last days and death of Herod
Agrippa I differs in several respects from that in the commonly
received text. By using ga,r instead of de, (ver. Ac...
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Verse Acts 12:20. _HIGHLY DISPLEASED WITH THEM OF TYRE_] On what
account Herod was thus displeased is not related by any historian, as
far as I have been able to ascertain. Josephus, who speaks of thi...
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AND HEROD WAS HIGHLY DISPLEASED ... - Greek: “bore a hostile
mind,” intending war. See the margin. The Greek word
θυμομαχῶν thumomachōn does not occur elsewhere in the New
Testament. It means to med...
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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 Sa...
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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...
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IMPRISONMENT AND DELIVERANCE (Acts 12:1-11)...
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HEROD. Texts read "He".
WAS HIGHLY DISPLEASED. Greek. _thumomacheo,_ to fight angrily. Only
here.
THEM OF TYRE, &C. = the Tyrians, &c.
CAME. were present, or presented themselves.
WITH ONE ACCORD....
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Death of Herod Agrippa I. Growth of the Church
20. _And Herod was highly displeased_ The oldest MSS. omit _Herod_.
Read, "Now he," &c. The verb implies a deep-seated feeling of anger.
It is not found...
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ὁ Ἡρώδης omitted with אABD. Unrepresented in _Vulg_.
20. ἮΝ ΔῈ ΘΥΜΟΜΑΧΩ͂Ν, _now he was highly displeased_.
The word is of very rare occurrence, being found once in Polybius and
once in Diodorus Sicul...
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_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...
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ΘΥΜΟΜΑΧΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΘΥΜΟΜΑΧΈΩ (G2371)
отчаянно сражаться; здесь: "быть в
ярости" "быть в отчаянии" (Bruce). Part, с ήν в
роли перифрастического,
ΟΜΟΘΥΜΑΔΌΝ (G3661) вместе, в согласии.
Π...
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AND HE WENT DOWN FROM JUDEA, &C.— See on ch. Acts 8:40. Herod the
Great, after he had built Caesarea Palestine, had instituted games to
the honour of Caesar, which were to be celebrated every fifth ye...
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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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20-23. The historian pursues the history of this murderous prince a
little further. (20) "_Now Herod was enraged against the Tyrians and
Sidonians. But they came to him with one accord, and having mad...
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And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they
came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's
chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country w...
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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...
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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 persecu...
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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 ordered...
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HEROD WAS HIGHLY DISPLEASED WITH THEM OF TYRE AND SIDON. —
Literally, as in the margin, _was in a hostile state of mind;_ was, in
modern phrase, “contemplating hostilities.” The two Phœnician
cities w...
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θυμομαχῶν : lit [254], “to fight desperately” Polyb.,
ix., 40, 4; xxvii., 8, 4, and it might be used not only of open
warfare, but of any violent quarrel; here almost =
ὀργίζεσθαι. There could be no q...
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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...
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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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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 re...
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(9) And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but
they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's
chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their countr...
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In the Greek, he was preparing to make war against them. These applied
not to agriculture, but drew their support from Judea, Samaria, and
Galilee. (Bible de Vence)...
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DOOM OF THE TYRANT
20-23. For reasons not here specified, the king was exceedingly mad at
the people of Tyre and Sidon, those great mercantile cities on the
Mediterranean coasts. He was not allowed to...
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Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers,
what was become of Peter. (19) And when Herod had sought for him, and
found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that...
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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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20.A worthy (761) history, which doth not only show, as it were in a
glass, what end is prepared for the enemies of the Church, but also
how greatly God hateth pride. The Scripture saith that “God
res...
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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 HEROD WAS HIGHLY DISPLEASED WITH THEM OF TYRE AND SIDON,.... Two
cities on the sea coast, in the land of Phoenicia; with the
inhabitants of which Herod was so enraged, that though he had not
decla...
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And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they
came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's
chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country wa...
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_Herod_, &c. The historian now proceeds to mention some circumstances
that were introductory to the miserable end of Herod; _was highly
displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon_ On account of some suppo...
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TYRE AND SIDON; two cities of Phoenicia, on the Mediterranean, north
of Cesarea.
THE KING'S CHAMBERLAIN; the officer who had the care of his
bedchamber.
WAS NOURISHED; supplied with grain and other...
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AND HEROD WAS HIGHLY DISPLEASED WITH THEM OF TYRE AND SIDON; BUT THEY
CAME WITH ONE ACCORD TO HIM, AND, HAVING MADE BLASTUS, THE KING'S
CHAMBERLAIN, THEIR FRIEND, DESIRED PEACE, BECAUSE THEIR COUNTRY...
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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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NOW HEROD HAD BEEN VERY ANGRY WITH THE PEOPLE OF TYRE AND SIDON; BUT
THEY CAME TO HIM WITH ONE ACCORD, AND HAVING MADE BLASTUS THE KING ' S
PERSONAL AIDE THEIR FRIEND, THEY ASKED FOR PEACE, BECAUSE TH...
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WAS HIGHLY DISPLEASED:
Or, bare an hostile mind intending war
THE KINGS CHABERLAINE:
_ Gr._ that was over the kings bedchamber...
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"He was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon" The phrase very
angry indicates that he was angry enough to go to war with them. We
are not told what the cause of this anger was. Tyre and Sidon...
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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 withou...
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TYRE AND SIDON; these were two coast towns in Phoenicia, famous,
especially the former, for their great trading; and being rich, might
be insolent, or possibly might tempt Herod to a war against them,...
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20-23. The historian pursues the history of this murderous prince a
little further. (20) "_ Now Herod was enraged against the Tyrians and
Sidonians. But they came to him with one accord, and having ma...
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Acts 12:20 Now G1161 Herod G2264 been G2258 (G5713) angry G2371
(G5723) Tyre G5183 and G2532 Sidon G4606 but G1161 came G3918 (G5713)
to G4314 him G846 accord G3661 and G2532 made G3982 Blastus G986 k...
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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 ti...
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Acts 12:20. AND HEROD WAS HIGHLY DISPLEASED WITH THEM OF TYRE AND
SIDON. The angry feeling which had sprung up between King Herod and
the inhabitants of the Phoenician cities was no doubt owing to the...
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WAS HIGHLY DISPLEASED
(ην θυμομαχων). Periphrastic imperfect active of
θυμομαχεω, late compound of θυμος (passionate heat) and
μαχομα, to fight. Only here in the N.T., to fight desperately,
to have...
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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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HEROD WAS VERY ANGRY. We do not know why. FIRST THEY WON BLASTUS. The
people from Tyre and Sidon probably bribed this man, who was in charge
of the palace, and so able to influence Herod....
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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 12:20 A CHAMBERLAIN was a trusted personal
assistant to a high government official.
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_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),...
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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 Kings 5:9; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 2:15; Amos 4:6;
Ecclesiastes 10:4; Ezekiel 27:17; Ezra 3:7; Genesis 10:15; Genesis
10:19;...
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Highly displeased [θ υ μ ο μ α χ ω ν]. Originally, to fight
desperately : but as there is no record of any war of Herod with the
Tyrians and Sidonians, the word is to be taken in the sense of the A.
V...
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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...
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Having gained Blastus — To their side, they sued for, and obtained
peace — Reconciliation with Herod. And so the Christians of those
parts were, by the providence of God, delivered from scarcity. Thei...
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Observe, Herod, upon St. Peter's escape out of his hands, leaves
Jerusalem, and goes to dwell at Cesarea, where, being highly
displeased with the rich citizens of Tyre and Sidon, he designs to
make wa...