Acts 12:1
BUT at that time Herodes the king, he who was surnamed Agripos, stretched forth hands upon some who were in the church, to ill-treat them.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
In Context
2And he killed with the sword Jakub the brother of Juhanon.
Cross References
Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you to affliction, and shall kill you; and you shall be hated of all peoples on account of my name.
John 15:20Remember the word which I spake with you, That there is no servant who is greater than his lord. If me they have persecuted, you also will they persecute; and if my word they had kept, yours also would they keep.
Acts 4:30while thy hand thou outstretchest unto healings and mighty works which they shall do in the name of thy holy Son Jeshu.
Matthew Henry on Acts 12:1
In this chapter we have the story, I. Of the martyrdom of James the apostle, and the imprisonment of Peter by Herod Agrippa, who now reigned as king in Judea, ver. 1-4 . II. The miraculous deliverance of Peter out of prison by the ministry of an angel, in answer to the prayers of the church for him, ver. 6-19 . III. The cutting off of Herod in the height of his pride by the stroke of an angel, the minister of God's justice ( ver. 20-23 ); and this was done while Barnabas and Saul were at Jerusalem, upon the errand… Read the whole commentary →