Acts 12:4 BSB

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:4

‘And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people. So Peter was taken and imprisoned, probably in the Castle Antonia, and he was placed under a secure guard of four squads of four soldiers each, rotating in three-hour shifts day and night, with two of them chained to Peter at any one time. Escape or rescue was therefore an impossibility - to man. His intention was to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:1-17

Acts 12:1-Esther : . 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 have been hitherto from the Jews acting through their local courts or the Sanhedrin. Now there is a civil ruler, also a Jew, minded to injure them, and persecution becomes more deadly. Acts 12:1 . about that time: this must be before the death of Herod in A.D. 44 ; it... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 12:4

Four quaternions of soldiers: there were sixteen soldiers appointed to keep Peter; the Romans using four soldiers at a time to keep sentry, and the Jews dividing their nights into four watches, there were enough to relieve the other, and to set a new watch as often as was required for every night; of which four at a time, two were with the prisoner, and perhaps, for the greater security, bound with the same chain, and two did always stand at the door or gate; and this they might the rather do,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Acts 12:1-19

CRITICAL REMARKSActs 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 chapter seem to have occurred during the stay of these brethren in Jerusalem (Acts 12:25). As the predicted famine broke out under Cuspius Fadus, who was sent to Judæa after the death of Agrippa—i.e., after August 6th, A.D. 44—the visit of Barnabas and Saul most likely took place before Agrippa’s death.... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Acts 12:4

Easter the passover. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 12:1-25

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 is a little difficult to keep them all straight. In fact, I don't expect you to keep them all straight. This particular Herod was Herod Agrippa I. He was the grandson of Herod the Great who was the Herod at the time of the birth of Jesus. Herod the Great had ten wives. One of his wives, Miriam, had... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 12:1-25

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, Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church, by imprisonment, fines, and banishment. This was not Herod the Askelonite, whose son was slain among the infants of Bethlehem; nor Herod Antipas, who had beheaded John; but Herod Agrippa, brother of the incestuous Herodias, the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 12:1-19

Acts 12:1-19Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. Herod the kingThe previous life of this prince had been full of strange vicissitudes. The son of Aristobulus and Bernice, grandson of Herod the Great, brother of the Herodias who appears in the gospel history, named after the statesman who was the chief minister of Augustus, he had been sent, after his father had fallen a victim (B.C. 6) to his grandfather’s suspicions, to Rome, partly perhaps... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:4

4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Ver. 4. To bring him forth to the people ] But God had otherwise determined. Sciat Cels. Vestra, saith Luther in a letter to the Elector of Saxony, et nihil dubitet longe aliter in caelo quam Norimbergae de hoc negotio conclusum esse, i.e. God in heaven hath decreed otherwise of this business than the emperor hath... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Acts 12:4

he put: Acts 4:3, Acts 5:18, Acts 8:3, Matthew 24:9, Luke 21:12, Luke 22:33, John 13:36-Zechariah :, John 21:18 delivered: Acts 16:23, Acts 16:24, Matthew 27:64-Revelation : intending: Acts 4:28, Esther 3:6, Esther 3:7, Esther 3:13, Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 27:1, Lamentations 3:37, Matthew 26:5 Easter: Rather, the Passover, פן [Strong's G3588], נבףקב [Strong's G3957]. Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:6 - General Numbers 28:16 - General Joshua 2:3 - Bring 1 Kings 19:2 - to morrow Psalms 69:33 -... read more