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
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 12:9
The greatnesss and suddenness of the deliverance was such, as it amazed him, it seemed incredible unto him: not that he questioned God’s power or godliness; but knowing that he was to suffer for Christ’s name’s sake, he might the rather not look for such a deliverance, and when it came, be as one that dreams, as Psalms 126:1; God therefore bringing his people to such extremities, that his salvation might be the more astonishing. read more