3. because he saw it pleased the Jews —Popularity was the ruling passion of this Herod, not naturally so cruel as some of the family [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 19.7.3]. to take Peter also —whose loss, at this stage of the Church, would have been, so far as we can see, irreparable. Then were the days of unleavened bread —seven in number, during which, after killing and eating the Passover, no leaven was allowed in Jewish houses ( Exodus 12:15 ; Exodus 12:19 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-act-12-001
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological