Acts 12:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 12:2

Herod’s Violence to the Church

1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.

2 Then he killed James ^athe brother of John with the sword.

3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during ^athe Days of Unleavened Bread.

4 So ^awhen he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four¹ squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.

Peter Freed from Prison

5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but¹ constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.

6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were¹ keeping the prison.

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Definitions of words in Acts 12:2:

Brother {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Brother {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

James {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
James {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
James {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sword {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sword {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

John {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
John {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Acts 12:2:

Agrippa I. {Easton's}
Drusilla {Easton's}
Herod Agrippa I. {Easton's}
Paul, The Apostle, 3 {I.S.B.E.}

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Herod’s Violence to the Church

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