CHAPTER 12 DIVINE INTERPOSITIONS ON THE CHURCH’S BEHALF—EXPERIENCES OF MERCY AND JUDGMENT § 1. The Days of Unleavened Bread; or, the Persecution of the Church (Acts 12:1). § 2. The Death of Herod; or, the Church’s Persecutor Punished (Acts 12:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 chapter seem to have occurred during the stay of these brethren in Jerusalem (Acts 12:25). As the predi... [ Continue Reading ]
_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), though it is doubtful whether open war against Phœnicia would have been permitted by Rome. Perhaps... [ Continue Reading ]