Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 12:15
See notes one verse 13
See notes one verse 13
ACTS 12:15 o` a;ggeloj By prefixing tuco,n (“_Perhaps_ it is his angel”) the Western text (D syrp) enhances the naïveté of the account, softening the definiteness of the explanation offered to solve...
Verse Acts 12:15. _IT IS HIS ANGEL._] It was a common opinion among the Jews that every man has a _guardian angel_, and in the popish Church it is an article of faith. The Jews also believed that ang...
THOU ART MAD - Thou art insane. They seemed to have regarded his rescue as so difficult and so hopeless, that they deemed it proof of derangement that she now affirmed it. And yet this was the very th...
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...
THOU ART MAD. Greek. _mainomai._ Here, Acts 26:24; Acts 26:25. Joh 10:20. 1 Corinthians 14:23. CONSTANTLY AFFIRMED. kept strongly asserting. Greek. _diischurizomai._ Compound of _dia_ and ischuri
_she constantly affirmed_ i.e. confidently, with determination; which was the old meaning of the word in the A. V. Cp. Frith, _Workes, Life_, fol. 3, "he so _constantly_defended himself, that he had p...
SURPRISE OF THE BRETHREN AND ANGER OF HEROD...
Ἡ ΔῈ ΔΙΪΣΧΥΡΊΖΕΤΟ, _but she confidently affirmed_. In the time of the A.V. constantly had the meaning of _confidently_, which it has now lost. διϊσχυρίζομαι is in N.T. only here and in St Luke 22:59....
_PETER'S RELEASE SURPRISED THE BRETHREN ACTS 12:13-19:_ When Peter first reached the gate he was left standing at the door by Rhoda. She was too amazed to open the gate. She ran into the house and sai...
ΜΑΊΝΗ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) 2 pers. sing. от_ ΜΑΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G3105) сходить с ума, быть сумасшедшим. О медицинском использовании этого гл. и имени _см._ DMTG, 230; MLL, 267; MHW, 145-48. ΔΙΪΣΧΥΡΊΖΕΤΟ _...
IT IS HIS ANGEL.— Many commentators understand this as if they had said, _"It is his messenger,_ or one sent from him;" and it is certain that the word Αγγελος has frequently this sense in the scriptu...
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...
And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. AND THEY SAID UNTO HER, THOU ART MAD - one of those exclamations which one c...
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...
HIS ANGEL] They thought that Peter's guardian angel had assumed his voice and appearance: see on Matthew 18:10....
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...
IT IS HIS ANGEL. — The language expresses the common belief of the Jews, that every true Israelite had a guardian angel specially assigned to him, who, when he appeared in human form, assumed the like...
Μαίνῃ : used as in a colloquial expression, not meaning literal insanity, see Page's note on Acts 26:24, so in 2 Kings 9:11, ἐπίληπτος seems to be used. διϊσχυρίζετο : only here and in Luke 22:59 (_cf...
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...
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...
Thou art mad, or talkest idly. --- Then said they, it is his Angel. It seems ridiculous to translate here a messenger. Does a messenger speak with the very voice of him that sends him? St. John Chryso...
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...
15._When he did knock at the gate. _Whereas they think that the maid is mad, which telleth them that Peter was come; we gather by this, that they did not hope or look for Peter’s deliverance, and yet...
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 THEY SAID UNTO HER, THOU ART MAD, c. "Or art thou not mad?" as the Ethiopic version, and two of Beza's exemplars read, and some others: they thought the girl must be out of her senses they looked...
And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. Ver. 15. _It is his angel_] Or, it is his messenger, or one come from him. See...
_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...
ART MAD; deranged, or bereft of reason. HIS ANGEL; his guardian angel, who they thought had attended him, and come in his form, to make known something concerning him. It is sometimes difficult for Ch...
Peter in the house of Mary:...
AND THEY SAID UNTO HER, THOU ART MAD. BUT SHE CONSTANTLY AFFIRMED THAT IT WAS EVEN SO. THEN SAID THEY, IT IS HIS ANGEL....
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 THEY SAID TO HER, " YOU ARE BESIDE YOURSELF! " YET SHE KEPT INSISTING THAT IT WAS SO. SO THEY SAID, " IT IS HIS ANGEL. " 1. Here are many Christians, members of the church, gathered together for...
"You are out of your mind" Notice that they had been praying for Peter-but not for his release. The last person they expected to see at the door that night was Peter. Do we pray for too little? "It is...
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...
OLBGrk; THOU ART MAD; thou speakest thou knowest not what; thinking her, out of fear, to have been discomposed in her mind. IT IS HIS ANGEL: some have thought, that by Peter's angel no other was meant...
Tertullian On Baptism Thus, too, does the angel, the witness[45]...
Acts 12:15 But G1161 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 her G846 yourself G3105 (G5736) Yet G1161 insisting...
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...
‘And they said to her, “You are mad.” But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, “It is his angel.” ' Then, while Peter continued knocking, they first told her that she was mad,...
Acts 12:15. THEN SAID THEY, IT IS HIS ANGEL. Some have tried to explain away this difficult passage by suggesting that the word rendered ‘angel' in the original signified ‘messenger' simply; but this...
THOU ART MAD (μαινη). Present middle indicative second person singular. Old verb, only in the middle voice. Festus used the same word to Paul (Acts 26:24). The maid was undoubtedly excited, but it w...
Acts 12:15 The Blessing of Death. I. What was the meaning of these strange words "It is his angel"? It was the opinion of many of the Fathers, and notably of St. Chrysostom, that the saying is a wit...
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...
A SERVANT GIRL NAMED RHODA. This was at night, and they were Christians. The one at the door could be either friend or enemy, as far as they knew. SHE RECOGNIZED PETER'S VOICE. She is so happy she run...
_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...
_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 12:1. 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...
Acts 26:24; Genesis 48:16; Job 9:16; Luke 24:11; Luke 24:37;...
Constantly affirmed [δ ι ι σ χ υ ρ ι ζ ε τ ο]. Better, confidently affirmed; constant is used in its older sense of consistent. The verb contains two ideas : strong assertion [ι σ χ υ ς], and holding...
They said, Thou art mad — As we say, Sure you are not in your senses to talk so. It is his angel — It was a common opinion among the Jews, that every man had his particular guardian angel, who frequen...