Ads
related to: acts 12 1 2019 commentary enduring word
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Acts 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the death of the first apostle, James, son of Zebedee , followed by the miraculous escape of Peter from prison , the death of Herod Agrippa I , and the early ministry of Barnabas and Paul of Tarsus .
The Word Biblical Commentary (WBC) is a series of commentaries in English on the text of the Bible both Old and New Testament. It is currently published by the Zondervan Publishing Company . Initially published under the "Word Books" imprint, the series spent some time as part of the Thomas Nelson list.
Rhoda (whose name means "rose" [1]) was a girl (Biblical Greek: παιδίσκη) living in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark. Many biblical translations state that she was a 'maid' or 'servant girl'. After Peter was miraculously released from prison, he went to the house and knocked on the door.
Acts 12:3–19 says that Peter was put into prison by King Herod, but the night before his trial an angel appeared to him, and told him to leave. Peter's chains fell off, and he followed the angel out of prison, thinking it was a vision (verse 9). The prison doors opened of their own accord, and the angel led Peter into the city.
According to Acts 12:20, Herod was displeased with the people of Tyre and Sidon, [2] and forbade the export of food to them. As they were dependent on delivery of food from Judea, and Judea was affected by famine, [3] the Sidonians and Tyrians made Blastus "their friend" (possibly through bribery [4]). Blastus helped them obtain an audience ...
James Douglas Grant Dunn FBA (21 October 1939 – 26 June 2020), [7] also known as Jimmy Dunn, was a British New Testament scholar, who was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology at the University of Durham.
(1)This was a stupid commentary. Karens go all the way back to being the slave owner overseeing her plantation slaves to the white lady that get countless Black men killed for false testimonies of ...
Acts 1–5 As from 30 Activity of the Jesus movement in Galilee; initially oral transmission of the Jesus tradition. Mk 16; Mt 28; Jn 21 31–43 Peter leads the church of Jerusalem Acts 1–5 31/32 Formation of a church in Damascus Acts 9 ~ 32 Hebrews and Hellenists in Jerusalem Acts 6 32/33 Stephen Acts 7 32/33 Paul's calling Acts 9; 22; 26