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Acts 12:3 KJV
Acts · chapter 12 · verse 3 · King James Version
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)Acts 12:3 · King James Version
Acts 12:3 in context
1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
5Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- pleasedesti"he/she/it is"G2076 →
- pleasedarestospleasing, agreeableG701 →
- furtherprostithēmito put to, to addG4369 →
- PeterpetrosPeter = " a rock or a stone" , one of the twelve disciples of JesusG4074 →
- JewsioudaiosJewish, belonging to the Jewish nation, Jewish as respects to birth, origin, religionG2453 →
- takesyllambanōto seize, take one as prisoner, to conceive, of a woman, metaph. of lust whose impulses a…G4815 →
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