Acts 12:18 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 12:18

At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

BSB

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ASV

Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

KJV

Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

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Commentary

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Cassiodorus

Complexiones on the Acts of the Apostles (585)

"Now when day was come, there was no small stir among the soldiers," etc. Now when day was come, a great argument arose among the prison guards as to how Peter had escaped so many watches of men and so many chains. When Peter could …

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Γενομένης	Genomenēs	When was coming	G1096 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	day	G2250 →
ἦν	ēn	there was	G1510 →
τάραχος	tarachos	disturbance	G5017 →
οὐκ	ouk	no	G3756 →
ὀλίγος	oligos	small	G3641 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
στρατιώταις	stratiōtais	soldiers	G4757 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
ἄρα	ara	then [of]	G686 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Πέτρος	Petros	Peter	G4074 →
ἐγένετο.	egeneto	has become.	G1096 →

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
Acts 16:27
When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
leads to
- Acts 12:19
  After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
- Judges 9:54
  He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
- Matthew 27:5
  So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
- 1 Kings 16:18
  When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
Through
Acts 19:23
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
leads to
- Acts 19:9
  But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
- Acts 24:22
  Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”
- Acts 9:2
  and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
- Acts 24:14
  I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

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04Related verses

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06About Acts

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Acts