That it pleased the Jews (οτ αρεστον εστιν τοις Ιουδαιοις). Indirect assertion with the present tense εστιν retained. Αρεστον is t…

And because he saw it pleased the Jews. This was the principle on which he acted. It was not from a sense of right; it was not to do justi…

Because he saw it pleased the Jews.—This was throughout the ruling policy of the Herodian house. The persecution did not spring fr…

The narrative of Peter’s miraculous deliverance from prison and death really begins at v.5. The narrative is introduced as having taken place “abou…

Seeing that it pleased the Jews. It appears more plainly from this that Herod was not moved to persecute the Church either by any zeal he …

And because he saw it pleased the Jews
That is, as Beza's ancient copy adds, "his stretching out his hands upon the …

James was one of the sons of Zebedee, whom Christ told they should drink of the cup that He was to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that He …