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Text -- Acts 12:1-8 (NET)

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James is Killed and Peter Imprisoned
12:1 About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them. 12:2 He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword. 12:3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too. (This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread.) 12:4 When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him. 12:6 On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison. 12:7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. 12:8 The angel said to him, “Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.” Peter did so. Then the angel said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Herod son of Antipater; king over Judea when Christ was born,a son of Herod the Great,a grandson of Herod the Great and son of Aristobulus and Berenice
 · James a son of Zebedee; brother of John; an apostle,a son of Alpheus; an apostle,a brother of Jesus; writer of the epistle of James,the father (or brother) of the apostle Judas
 · Jews the people descended from Israel
 · John a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter
 · Passover a Jewish religious feast. It may also refer to the lamb sacrificed and eaten at the feast.
 · Peter a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Herod | Peter | Prayer | Persecution | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 1-7 | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 | APOSTOLIC AGE | GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE | Herod Agrippa I. | Jerusalem | Rulers | PETER, SIMON | PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 | MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE | JOHN, THE APOSTLE | James | God | Minister | Prisoners | more
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NET Notes: Act 12:1 Or “to cause them injury.”

NET Notes: Act 12:2 The expression executed with a sword probably refers to a beheading. James was the first known apostolic martyr (Eusebius, Eccl. Hist. 2.9.1-3). On Ja...

NET Notes: Act 12:3 This is a parenthetical note by the author.

NET Notes: Act 12:4 Grk “to bring him out to the people,” but in this context a public trial (with certain condemnation as the result) is doubtless what Herod...

NET Notes: Act 12:5 Grk “but earnest prayer was being made by the church to God for him.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to follow English style...

NET Notes: Act 12:6 Or “were guarding.”

NET Notes: Act 12:7 Grk “the hands,” but the wrist was considered a part of the hand.

NET Notes: Act 12:8 Or “outer garment.”

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