Ward [φ υ λ α κ η ν]. Better, watch : the soldiers on guard. Explanations of the first and second watch differ, some assuming that the first was the single soldier on guard at the door of Peter's cell, and the second, another soldier at the gate leading into the street. Others, that two soldiers were at each of these posts, the two in Peter's cell not being included in the four who made up the watch.
ACTS 12:10 evxelqo,ntej {A} The circumstantial detail in codex Bezae, namely that Peter and the angel when coming out of prison “walked down the seven steps” (kate,bhsan tou.j z baqmou.j kai,), has s...
Verse Acts 12:10. _THE FIRST AND - SECOND WARD_] It is supposed that ancient Jerusalem was surrounded by _three_ walls: if so, then passing through the gates of these three walls successively is possi...
THE FIRST AND SECOND WARD - The word which is here rendered “ward” φυλακήν phulakēn properly denotes “the act of guarding”; but it is most commonly used to denote “a prison, or place of confinement....
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...
About this time Herod the king began to take hostile action to inflict injury on certain men of the Church. He killed James, John's brother, with the sword. When he saw that this gave pleasure to the...
IMPRISONMENT AND DELIVERANCE (Acts 12:1-11)...
WHEN, &C. Now, having passed through. WARD. prison. Greek. _phulake,_ as in verses: Acts 12:4; Acts 12:5; Acts 12:6; Acts 4:17. UNTO. upon.
_When they were past the first and the second ward_ i.e. the warders, who were stationed one nearer to the inner door of the prison and another at some further distance away. _they came unto the iron...
ΔΙΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ ΔῈ ΠΡΏΤΗΝ ΦΥΛΑΚῊΝ ΚΑῚ ΔΕΥΤΈΡΑΝ, _and when they were past the first and second ward_, i.e. the warders, who were stationed one nearer to the inner door of the prison and another at some furt...
Acts 12:1-12. HEROD’S PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH. PETER’S MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE FROM PRISON...
_PETER COULD NOT BE KEPT IN PRISON ACTS 12:6-12:_ The night before Peter was to be put on trial, he was asleep and bound by two chains. Two soldiers were guarding him and other soldiers were guarding...
ΔΙΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΔΙΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1330) проходить через, ΉΛΘΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) идти, приходить. ΠΎΛΗ (G4439) ворота, ΣΙΔΗΡΆΝ _асс. sing. fem. от_ ΣΙΔΗΡΟΎΣ (G46...
WHEN THEY WERE PAST THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WARD,— _The first and second watch,_ where the guards were placed to secure the prison. Heylin renders it very agreeably to the Greek, _the first and secon...
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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When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street...
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...
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...
THE SECOND WARD] i.e the second guard of soldiers. And they went out] D adds, 'and went down the seven steps' (probably an authentic detail)....
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...
WHEN THEY WERE PAST THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WARD. — It would seem from this that Peter had been placed in the innermost dungeon, and had to pass the two court-yards. Lightfoot supposes the prison to...
φυλακὴν : “ward,” perhaps the best translation here with διελθόντες so often used of traversing a place. The first ward might be the place outside the cell where the other soldiers of the quaternion w...
LOOSENED BONDS Acts 12:1-12 This Herod was the grandson of Herod the Great. He courted the goodwill of the Jews, though he was dissolute, cruel, and unscrupulous. How wonderful that God can spare fr...
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...
Peter thinks he is in a trance and sees a vision. Now they pass by the first and second guard and come to the great iron gate that leads out into the city. Peter is soliloquizing: “Though I have esca...
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. (7) And, behold, the angel...
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...
10._When they were past. _God was able to have carried Peter away in the turning of an hand; (758) but he overcometh diverse straits one after another, that the glory of the miracle might be the great...
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...
WHEN THEY WERE PAST THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WARD,.... Or watch, which were set within the prison, and might be some of the quaternions of soldiers to whom Peter was delivered; two of them were with h...
When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street;...
_And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him_ Greek, επεστη, _stood over him; and a light shined in the prison_ Εν τω οικηματι, _in the house_, the whole house in which he was confined; _and he sm...
WARD; this word generally means a prison, but here it means the first and second guard, who seem to have been prevented in a supernatural way from seeing him. IRON GATE; which led out of the prison t...
The miraculous deliverance:...
WHEN THEY WERE PAST THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WARD, THEY CAME UNTO THEIR ON GATE THAT LEADETH UNTO THE CITY, WHICH OPENED TO THEM OF HIS OWN ACCORD; AND THEY WENT OUT, AND PASSED ON THROUGH ONE STREET;...
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...
WHEN THEY WERE PAST THE FIRST AND THE SECOND GUARD POSTS, THEY CAME TO THE IRON GATE THAT LEADS TO THE CITY, WHICH OPENED TO THEM OF ITS OWN ACCORD; AND THEY WENT OUT AND WENT DOWN ONE STREET, AND IMM...
"The first and second guard" The soldiers outside the cell were apparently stationed at intervals in the entry way to the prison cell. These guards they passed without the guards even seeing them (com...
6-11 A peaceful conscience, a lively hope, and the consolations of the Holy Spirit, can keep men calm in the full prospect of death; even those very persons who have been most distracted with terrors...
THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WARD; guard or sentinels. THE IRON GATE THAT LEADETH UNTO THE CITY; the outermost gate that led out of the prison into the city, not that the prison itself was out of the city...
Acts 12:10 When G1161 past G1330 (G5631) first G4413 and G2532 second G1208 posts G5438 came G2064 ...
‘And when they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city; which opened to them of its own accord, and they went out, and passed on through one stree...
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 12:9-10. AND HE WENT OUT, AND FOLLOWED HIM.... WHEN THEY WERE PAST THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WARD, THEY CAME UNTO THE IRON GATE THAT LEADETH UNTO THE CITY. Silently, without a word, the radiant Me...
WHEN THEY WERE PAST (διελθοντες). Second aorist active participle of διερχομα, transitive with δια in composition.THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WARD (πρωτην φυλακην κα δευτεραν). It is not clear to wha...
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...
HE THOUGHT HE WAS SEEING A VISION. That is, he thought he was dreaming. THE GATE OPENED FOR THEM BY ITSELF. The outer gate of the prison. NOW I KNOW. After the angel leaves him outside on the street,...
_And behold the angel of the Lord came upon him._ THE TENDER OFFICES OF ANGELS TOWARDS THE SAINTS OF GOD It enhances the moral dignity of the Christian that he should have such exalted beings in cons...
_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...
_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 16:26; Acts 5:19; Acts 12:4; Genesis 40:3; Genesis 42:17;...
BUT PRAYER Acts 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Peter was in prison. Herod emboldened by the fact that his killing of James had pleased the Jews, proceeded to take Peter also. His purpose was to kill him a...
HEROD KILLS JAMES Acts 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There had come a time of comparative peace after the persecution which arose about Stephen, had subsided. Not long, however, could Satan fold his hands...
The first and second ward — At each of which doubtless was a guard of soldiers. The gate opened of its own accord — Without either Peter or the angel touching it. And they went on through one street —...