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A Politician's Persecution
Commentators unanimously identify this ruler as Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great. They describe him as a politically shrewd operator who, despite his Roman connections, sought to win the favor of his Jewish subjects. His persecution of the church was not born from religious conviction but was a calculated political move to please the people and consolidate his power.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 12:1
18th Century
Theologian
Now about that time. That is, during the time the famine existed; or the time when Barnabas and Saul went up to Jerusalem. This was probab…
AT Robertson
On Acts 12:1
About that time (κατ' εκεινον τον καιρον). Same phrase in Ro 9:9. That is, the early part of A.D. 44 since that is the date of Her…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 12:1
19th Century
Bishop
Herod the king. The previous life of this prince had been full of strange vicissitudes. He was the son of Aristobulus and Bernice,…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 12:1
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…
John Calvin
On Acts 12:1
16th Century
Theologian
What follows is new persecution raised by Herod. We see that the Church had some short truce, so that it might, as it were, by a short breathing sp…
John Gill
On Acts 12:1
17th Century
Pastor
Now about that time
That the famine was in Judea, and Saul and Barnabas were sent there with what the church at Antioch had co…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 12:1–5
17th Century
Minister
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 …