Acts 12:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

He put

Delivered

Acts 16:23

Matthew 27:64

Intending

General references

Leviticus 23:6

Numbers 28:16

Bible References

He put

And they laid hands on them and put [them] in custody until the next day, because it was already evening.

And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.

But Saul was attempting to destroy the church. Entering {house after house}, he dragged off both men and women [and] delivered [them] to prison.

"Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

"But before all these [things], they will lay their hands on you and will persecute [you], handing [you] over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

But he said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later."

Truly, truly I say to you, when you were young, you tied [your clothes] around yourself and walked wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will tie you up and carry [you] where you do not want [to go].

Delivered

And [after they] had inflicted many blows on them, they threw [them] into prison, giving orders to the jailer to guard them securely.

Therefore give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come [and] steal him and tell the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

Intending

to do all that your hand and plan had predestined to take place.

But {he considered it beneath him} to lay hands on Mordecai only, for they told him of Mordecai's people, and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who [were] in the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Many plans [are] in the heart of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.

Do not boast {about tomorrow}, for you do not know what the day will bring.

{Who can speak} and it will happen [if] the Lord has not commanded [it]?

But they were saying, "Not during the feast, so that there will not be an uproar among the people."

General references

And on the fifteenth day of this month [is] Yahweh's Feast of Unleavened Bread; [for] seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

" 'On the fourteenth day of the first month [is] the Passover for Yahweh.