Acts 12:19 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and tarried there.

KJV

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Commentary on Acts (735)

Descending from Judea into Caesarea. Although it seems according to the situation of the places to refer to Caesarea Philippi, which like Tyre and Sidon is a city of Phoenicia, Josephus nevertheless teaches that this was done in Caesarea of Palestine, which was once called …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Herod commanded them to be put to death - And thus the wicked suffered in the room of the righteous. And going down from Judea - With shame, for not having brought forth Peter, according to his promise.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Nebuchadnezzar had been a very bloody man, and a great persecutor; but the word that was in the king's mouth when the judgments of God fell upon him was a proud word: Is not this great Babylon that I have built? It is the glory of God to look on every one that is proud, and bring him low, Job xl.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

He examined the keepers - The soldiers who were entrusted with his custody. Probably only those who had the special care of him at that watch of the night. The word “examine” here means “to inquire diligently, to make investigation.” He subjected them to a rigid scrutiny to ascertain the manner of his escape; for it is evident that Herod did not mean to admit the possibility of a miraculous interposition. Should be put to death - For having failed to keep Peter. This punishment they had a right to expect for having suffered his escape.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἡρῴδης	Hērōdēs	Herod	G2264 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐπιζητήσας	epizētēsas	having sought after	G1934 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
εὑρὼν	heurōn	having found [him]	G2147 →
ἀνακρίνας	anakrinas	having examined	G350 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
φύλακας	phulakas	guards	G5441 →
ἐκέλευσεν	ekeleusen	he commanded [them]	G2753 →
ἀπαχθῆναι,	apachthēnai	to be led away [to death],	G520 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
κατελθὼν	katelthōn	having gone down	G2718 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίας	Ioudaias	Judea	G2449 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Καισάρειαν	Kaisareian	Caesarea	G2542 →
διέτριβεν.	dietriben	he was staying [there].	G1304 →

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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 12:6
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
leads to
- Acts 21:33
  The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
- Hebrews 13:6
  So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
- 2 Timothy 1:16
  May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
- Ephesians 6:20
  for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
- 1 Samuel 23:26–27
  Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on…
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
- 2 Samuel 17:23
  When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he…
- 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