Acts 12:12

12:12 When Peter ¹  realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, ²  where many people had gathered together and were praying.

Acts 12:1

James is Killed and Peter Imprisoned

12:1 About that time King Herod ³  laid hands on ⁴  some from the church to harm them. ⁵ 

Acts 5:13

5:13 None of the rest dared to join them, ⁶  but the people held them in high honor. ⁷ 

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “John who was also called Mark.”

³ sn King Herod was Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod I (Herod the Great). His mediocre career is summarized in Josephus, Ant. 18-19. This event took place in a.d. 42 or 43.

⁴ tn Or “King Herod had some from the church arrested.”

⁵ tn Or “to cause them injury.”

⁶ tn Or “to associate with them.” The group was beginning to have a controversial separate identity. People were cautious about joining them. The next verse suggests that the phrase “none of the rest” in this verse is rhetorical hyperbole.

⁷ tn Or “the people thought very highly of them.”