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When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
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Politics, Not Piety
Commentators unanimously agree that Herod Agrippa's persecution was not born from religious zeal but from a calculated political move. Seeking to secure his reign and win the favor of the Jewish populace, who were wary of his family, he sacrificed justice for popularity. This act was about public relations, not righteous conviction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
That it pleased the Jews (οτ αρεστον εστιν τοις Ιουδαιοις). Indirect assertion with the present tense εστιν retained. Αρεστον is t…
19th Century
Anglican
Because he saw it pleased the Jews.—This was throughout the ruling policy of the Herodian house. The persecution did not spring fr…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And because he saw it pleased the Jews That is, as Beza's ancient copy adds, "his stretching out his hands upon the …
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