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Acts 12

Acts 12:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
because
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
he saw
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
it pleased
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
arestos (Greek #701)
agreeable; by implication, fit
KJV usage: (things that) please(-ing), reason.
Pronounce: ar-es-tos'
Origin: from 700
d the Jews
Ioudaios (Greek #2453)
Judaean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah
KJV usage: Jew(-ess), of Judaea.
Pronounce: ee-oo-dah'-yos
Origin: from 2448 (in the sense of 2455 as a country)
, he proceeded further
prostithemi (Greek #4369)
to place additionally, i.e. lay beside, annex, repeat
KJV usage: add, again, give more, increase, lay unto, proceed further, speak to any more.
Pronounce: pros-tith'-ay-mee
Origin: from 4314 and 5087
to take
sullambano (Greek #4815)
to clasp, i.e. seize (arrest, capture); specially, to conceive (literally or figuratively); by implication, to aid
KJV usage: catch, conceive, help, take.
Pronounce: sool-lam-ban'-o
Origin: from 4862 and 2983
Peter
Petros (Greek #4074)
a (piece of) rock (larger than 3037); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
KJV usage: Peter, rock. Compare 2786.
Pronounce: pet'-ros
Origin: apparently a primary word
e also
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
. (Then
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
were
en (Greek #2258)
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
KJV usage: + agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
Pronounce: ane
Origin: imperfect of 1510
the days
hemera (Greek #2250)
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
KJV usage: age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.
Pronounce: hay-mer'-ah
Origin: feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of ἧμαι (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle
f of unleavened bread
azumos (Greek #106)
unleavened, i.e. (figuratively) uncorrupted; (in the neutral plural) specially (by implication) the Passover week
KJV usage: unleavened (bread).
Pronounce: ad'-zoo-mos
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 2219
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Acts 24:27• 27But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and Felix, willing to gain favour with the Jews, left Paul in bonds. (Acts 24:27)
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John 21:18• 18Verily, verily, I say to thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. (John 21:18)
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Ex. 12:14‑15•  (Ex. 12:14‑15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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he saw.
Acts 24:27• 27But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and Felix, willing to gain favour with the Jews, left Paul in bonds. (Acts 24:27)
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Acts 25:9• 9But Festus, desirous to gain favour with the Jews, answered Paul and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me? (Acts 25:9)
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John 12:43• 43for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God. (John 12:43)
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Gal. 1:10• 10For am I now conciliating men or God? or do I seek to please men? [For] if any longer I were pleasing men, Christ's bondservant I should not be. (Gal. 1:10)
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1 Thess. 2:4• 4but even as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God that proveth our hearts. (1 Thess. 2:4)
he proceeded.
Acts 2:14• 14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke forth unto them, Men of Judea and all ye that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and give ear to my words. (Acts 2:14)
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Acts 4:13• 13Now beholding the boldness of Peter and John, and aware that they were unlettered and simple men, they wondered, and recognized them that they were with Jesus. (Acts 4:13)
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Psa. 76:10•  (Psa. 76:10)
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John 19:11• 11Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority at all against me except it were given thee from above: on this account he that delivered me up to thee hath greater sin. (John 19:11)
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John 21:18• 18Verily, verily, I say to thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. (John 21:18)
Then.
Ex. 12:14‑20•  (Ex. 12:14‑20)
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Ex. 13:3‑7•  (Ex. 13:3‑7)
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Ex. 23:15•  (Ex. 23:15)
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Lev. 23:6‑14•  (Lev. 23:6‑14)
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Matt. 26:17• 17{i}Now on the first [day] of [the feast of] unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover?{/i} (Matt. 26:17)
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1 Cor. 5:7‑8• 7Purge out the old leaven that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For also our Passover, Christ, was sacrificed.
 8Wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth. (1 Cor. 5:7‑8)
• The Passover intervened; and Herod was too scrupulous a devotee to slight the days of unleavened bread. (“On Acts 12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to take Peter also: (and they were the days of unleavened bread:)

W. Kelly Translation

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And seeing that it was agreeable to the Jews, he went on to seize Peter also (but they were thea days of unleavened bread)

WK Translation Notes

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Some high authorities omit the article.