Hechos 12:1

1 Por aquel tiempo el rey Herodes echó mano a algunos que pertenecían a la iglesia para maltratarlos.

Hechos 12:1 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 12:1

Now about that time
That the famine was in Judea, and Saul and Barnabas were sent thither with what the church at Antioch had collected.

Herod the king;
not Herod the great that slew the infants at Bethlehem, nor Herod Antipas that beheaded John, but Herod Agrippa; and so the Syriac version adds here, "who is surnamed Agrippa"; he was a grandson of Herod the great, and the son of Aristobulus: this prince

stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church;
Beza's ancient copy adds, "in Judea": it seems to be the church at Jerusalem; perhaps some of the principal members of them; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, the rulers of the house of God. It is scarcely credible that he should lay hands on any of them himself in person; but it is very likely he encouraged his soldiers, or his servants, to abuse them, reproach them, strike and buffet them, as they met with them in the streets; or when at worship, might disturb them, and break them up.

Hechos 12:1 In-Context

1 Por aquel tiempo el rey Herodes echó mano a algunos que pertenecían a la iglesia para maltratarlos.

2 E hizo matar a espada a Jacobo , el hermano de Juan.

3 Y viendo que esto agradaba a los judíos, hizo arrestar también a Pedro. Esto sucedió durante los días de los panes sin levadura.

4 Y habiéndolo tomado preso, lo puso en la cárcel, entregándolo a cuatro piquetes de soldados para que lo guardaran, con la intención de llevarlo ante el pueblo después de la Pascua.

5 Así pues, Pedro era custodiado en la cárcel, pero la iglesia hacía oración ferviente a Dios por él.