Acts 12:22-25 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 12:20-25

In these verses we have, I. The death of Herod. God reckoned with him, not only for his putting James to death, but for his design and endeavour to put Peter to death; for sinners will be called to an account, not only for the wickedness of their deeds, but for the wickedness of their endeavours (Ps. 28:4), for the mischief they have done and the mischief they would have done. It was but a little while that Herod lived after this. Some sinners God makes quick work with. Observe, 1. How the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 12:20-25

12:20-25 Herod was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon. But they came to him with a common purpose. They gained the ear of Blastus the king's chamberlain and sued for peace because their country was dependent for its sustenance on the king's territory. Upon an agreed day Herod put on his royal robes and seated himself on a throne and made a speech to them. The people cried out, "It is the voice of a God and not of a man." Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him because he did not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 12:22

And the people gave a shout ,.... At the end of the oration; these were flatterers, as Josephus says in the place before referred to, who cried out one from another, saluting him as God; saying, be merciful to us, hitherto we have revered thee as a man, henceforward we confess thee somewhat more excellent than mortal nature: and so it follows here, saying it is the voice of a God, and not of a man ; the Vulgate Latin version reads, "the voices of God and not men"; and the Ethiopic... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him ,.... With a disease after mentioned; this angel, according to Josephus, appeared in the form of an owl; for he says, that a little after (the shout of the people) the king looked up, and saw an owl sitting upon a rope over his head; whom he immediately understood to be an angel, or messenger of evil things to him, as it had been before of good things; for it seems by the same historian F19 Ib. l. 18. c. 7. sect. 7. , that when he was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 12:24

But the word of God grew and multiplied. The number of those who were converted by it, and embraced and professed it, increased; otherwise the word is the same, whether the professors of it be more or fewer; and this it did, notwithstanding the persecution raised against it by Herod whilst he was living; and after his death, it still gained more ground, met with less opposition, and was more freely professed. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 12:25

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem ,.... Two of Beza's exemplars, the Complutensian edition and the Syriac version, add, "unto Antioch"; and certain it is, that from thence they were sent, and thither they returned, for we find them there in the beginning of the next chapter: when they had fulfilled their ministry ; which was the carrying the relief, or the money collected by the Christians at Antioch, for the brethren in Judea, on account of the famine that was there: and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:23

The angel of the Lord smote him - His death was most evidently a judgment from God. Because he gave not God the glory - He did not rebuke his flatterers, but permitted them to give him that honor that was due to God alone. See on Acts 12:21 ; (note). And was eaten of worms - Whether this was the morbus pedicularis , or whether a violent inflammation of his bowels, terminating in putrefaction, did not actually produce worms, which, for several days, swarmed in his infected... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:24

But the word of God - The Christian doctrine preached by the apostles grew and multiplied - became more evident, and had daily accessions; for the spirit of revelation rested on those men, and God was daily adding to that word as circumstances required, in order to complete that testimony of his which we now find contained in the New Testament. As there is in the original an allusion to the vegetation of grain, ( ηυξανε , it grew, as corn grows, the stalk and the ear; και επληθυνετο , it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:25

Returned from Jerusalem - That is, to Antioch, after the death of Herod. When they had fulfilled their ministry - When they had carried the alms of the Christians at Antioch to the poor saints at Jerusalem, according to what is mentioned, Acts 11:29 , Acts 11:30 , to support them in the time of the coming famine. And took with them John, whose surname was Mark - This was the son of Mary, mentioned Acts 12:12 . He accompanied the apostles to Cyprus, and afterwards in several of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:23

Verse 23 23.Forthwith he smote him. As, before, the angel was a minister of God’s grace in the delivery of Peter, so now he taketh vengeance upon Herod. And God doth sometimes use the ministry of angels in heaven in punishing; but sometimes he maketh the devils as hangmen, by whose hand he executeth his judgments. And this doth he as well toward his faithful servants as toward the reprobate. Saul was troubled and vexed by Satan, (1 Samuel 16:14) but the same did also befall holy Job, (Job... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 12:20-25

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 12:20-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 12:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 12:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 12:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 12:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 12:23

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