Acts 12:1
And at that time Herod the king, who was surnamed Agrippa, laid hands on some of the church, to maltreat them.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 James the brother of John with the sword.
Cross References
Matthew 24:9And they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations, on account of my name.
John 15:20Remember the word that I spoke to you, That there is no servant, who is greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; and if they have observed my teaching, they will also observe yours.
Acts 4:30while thou extendest thy hand for cures and prodigies, to be done in the name of thy holy Son Jesus.
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 →