Acts 12:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 12:17

15 But they said to her, “You are beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, ^a“It is his angel.”

16 Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

17 But ^amotioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren.” And he departed and went to another place.

18 Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small¹ stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

19 But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

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Definitions of words in Acts 12:17:

Brethren {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Go {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

How {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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

Place {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Tell {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Prison {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Acts 12:17:

Drusilla {Easton's}
Herod Agrippa I. {Easton's}
James {Easton's}
Gesture {I.S.B.E.}
Hands; Hands, Imposition, Laying On Of {I.S.B.E.}
James {I.S.B.E.}
James, Epistle Of {I.S.B.E.}
Paul, The Apostle, 3 {I.S.B.E.}
Peace {I.S.B.E.}
Peter, Simon {I.S.B.E.}
Prison; Prisoner {I.S.B.E.}

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