Acts 12:1 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 12:1

About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.

KJV

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

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Commentary

5 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Now about that time - That is, during the time that the famine existed, or the time when Barnabas and Saul went up to Jerusalem. This was probably about the fifth or sixth year of the reign of Claudius, not far from 47 ad. Herod the king - This was Herod Agrippa. The Syriac so renders it expressly, and the chronology requires us so to understand it. He was a grandson of Herod the Great, and one of the sons of Aristobulus, whom Herod put to death (Josephus, Antiq., 18, 5).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

About that time - So wisely did God mix rest and persecution in due time and measure succeeding each other. Herod - Agrippa; the latter was his Roman, the former his Syrian name. He was the grandson of Herod the Great, nephew to Herod Antipas, who beheaded John the Baptist; brother to Herodias, and father to that Agrippa before whom St. Paul afterward made his defense.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He began with some of the members of the church, certain of them that were of less note and figure; played first at small game, but afterwards flew at the apostles themselves. His spite was at the church, and, with regard to those he gave trouble to, it was not upon any other account, but because they belonged to the church, and so belonged to Christ.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He was not only (as Herod Antipas was) tetrarch of Galilee, but had also the government of Judea committed to him by Claudius the emperor, and resided most at Jerusalem, where he was at this time.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He at this time ruled over all his father's dominions. PALEY has remarked the accuracy of the historian here. For thirty years before this there was no king at Jerusalem exercising supreme authority over Judea, nor was there ever afterwards, save during the three last years of Herod's life, within which the transactions occurred.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Κατ᾽	Kat᾽	At	G2596 →
ἐκεῖνον	ekeinon	that [very]	G1565 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
καιρὸν	kairon	time	G2540 →
ἐπέβαλεν	epebalen	put forth	G1911 →
Ἡρῴδης	Hērōdēs	Herod	G2264 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
βασιλεὺς	basileus	king	G935 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
χεῖρας	cheiras	hands	G5495 →
κακῶσαί	kakōsai	to mistreat	G2559 →
τινας	tinas	some	G5100 →
τῶν	tōn	of those	G3588 →
ἀπὸ	apo	of	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ἐκκλησίας.	ekklēsias	church.	G1577 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:9
Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
leads to
- John 16:2
  They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- John 15:19–20
  If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
- Luke 21:16–17
  You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
- Revelation 2:10
  Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
- Matthew 10:17–22
  But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
Through
John 15:20
Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours…
leads to
- 2 Timothy 3:12
  Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Through
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
leads to
- John 9:22
  His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
- Acts 26:9–11
  So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

What the record shows

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

What the record shows

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts