Teks -- Acts 12:11 (NET)

12:11 When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”

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Robertson: Act 12:11 - Was come to himself

Was come to himself ( en heautōi genomenos ).

Second aorist middle participle of ginomai with en and the locative case, "becoming at himself."In Luk 15:17 we have eis heauton elthōn (coming to himself, as if he had been on a trip away from himself).

Robertson: Act 12:11 - Now I know of a truth

Now I know of a truth ( nun oida alēthōs ).

There was no further confusion of mind that it was an ecstasy as in Act 10:10. But he was in peril for the soldiers would soon learn of his escape, when the change of guards came at 6 a.m.

Robertson: Act 12:11 - Delivered me

Delivered me ( exeilato me ).

Second aorist middle indicative of exaireō . The Lord rescued me of himself by his angel.

Robertson: Act 12:11 - Expectation

Expectation ( prosdokias ).

Old word from prosdokaō , to look for. In the N.T. only here and Luk 21:26. James had been put to death and the Jewish people were eagerly waiting for the execution of Peter like hungry wolves.

Wesley: Act 12:11 - Now I know of a truth

That this is not a vision, Act 12:9.

JFB: Act 12:7-11 - the angel of the Lord

Rather, "an angel."

JFB: Act 12:7-11 - came upon him

So in Luk 2:9, expressive of the unexpected nature of the visit.

JFB: Act 12:7-11 - smote Peter on the side . . . Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off . . . Gird thyself . . . And so he did . . . Cast thy garment

Tunic, which he had thrown off for the night.

JFB: Act 12:11 - when Peter was come to himself

Recovered from his bewilderment, and had time to look back upon all the steps that had followed each other in such rapid succession.

JFB: Act 12:11 - Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me, &c.

Another evidence that Peter expected nothing but to seal his testimony with his blood on this occasion.

Clarke: Act 12:11 - When Peter was come to himself

When Peter was come to himself - Every thing he saw astonished him; he could scarcely credit his eyes; he was in a sort of ecstasy; and it was only when the angel left him that he was fully convinced that all was real

Clarke: Act 12:11 - Now I know - that the Lord hath sent his angel

Now I know - that the Lord hath sent his angel - The poor German divine is worthy of pity, who endeavored to persuade himself and his countrymen that all this talk about the angel was mere illusion; that Peter was delivered in a way which he could not comprehend, and therefore was led to attribute to a particular providence of God what probably was done by the prefect of the prison, who favored him! But it is the study of this writer to banish from the word of God all supernatural influence; and to reduce even the miracles of Christ to simple operations of nature, or to the workings of imagination and the prejudices of a weak and credulous people. Such men should at once cast off the mask which so thinly covers their infidelity, and honestly avow themselves to be, what they are, the enemies of revelation in general, and of the Christian religion in particular. Peter could say, Now I know of a certainty that the Lord hath sent his angel, and delivered me, etc. No such thing, says Mr. E., Peter was deceived; it was not the Lord, it was the prefect or some other person. Now we know that Peter spoke by the Holy Ghost; but we have no much testimony of Mr. E. nor of any of his associates

Clarke: Act 12:11 - And all the expectation of the - Jews

And all the expectation of the - Jews - It seems they had built much on the prospect of having him sacrificed, as they already had James.

Calvin: Act 12:11 - Then Peter returning to himself

11.Then Peter returning to himself It is word for word, being made in himself, because, being before astonied with a strange and incredible thing, he was, as it were, without himself. But now at length, as it were after a trance, he knoweth that he is delivered from death. His words set down by Luke contain a thanksgiving; for he extolleth with himself the benefit of God which he had tried, [experienced,] and whereof he had tasted, and he doth highly commend it with himself, until he find some other witnesses. He saith that the angel was sent of God, according to the common meaning of the godly, who hold that the angels are appointed to be ministers, to be careful for, and to take charge of their safety; for unless he had been thus persuaded, he would not have spoken of the angel. And yet he doth not commend the angel as the author of the grace, but he ascribeth all the whole praise of the work to God alone, neither do the angels help us to this end, that they may derive unto themselves even the least jot of God’s glory. Whereas he saith that he was delivered out of the hand of Herod, he amplifieth the goodness and benefit of God, by the power of his enemy. To the same end tendeth that which he addeth of the Jews; for the greater the number of the enemies was, the more excellent was the grace of God toward his servant; for it is a great matter that God alone being favorable, the deadly hatred of all the whole world should come to nought.

TSK: Act 12:11 - was come // I know // that the // and hath // all

was come : He was in an ecstasy; and it was only when the angel left him, that he was fully convinced that all was real. Luk 15:17

I know : Gen 15:13, Gen 18:13, Gen 26:9

that the : Act 12:7, Act 5:19; 2Ch 16:9; Psa 34:7; Dan 3:25, Dan 3:28, Dan 6:22; Heb 1:14

and hath : 2Sa 22:1; Job 5:19; Psa 33:18, Psa 34:22, Psa 41:2, Psa 97:10, Psa 109:31; 2Co 1:8-10; 2Pe 2:9

all : Acts 23:12-30, Act 24:27, Act 25:3-5, Act 25:9; Job 31:31

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Poole: Act 12:11 - When Peter was come to himself // Delivered me

When Peter was come to himself out of that amazement which so many wonderful things had wrought in him, that he could compose himself to effect upon what he had heard and seen, he knew his deliverance was real and effectual.

Delivered me from Herod, who had resolved to have killed him, as he had done James, Act 12:2 ; and from the people’ s expectation, who had heard the report of Herod’ s resolution, and longed for the fulfilling of it.

Haydock: Act 12:11 - Peter coming to himself

Peter coming to himself. Being now sensible that all was true. (Witham)

Gill: Act 12:11 - And when Peter was come to himself // he said, now know I of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel // and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod // and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews

And when Peter was come to himself.... For upon his being awaked out of sleep, what with the uncommon light, which shone around him, and with the appearance of the angel, and the chains dropping from his hands, and his surprising escape through the several wards, together with the iron gate opening of itself, he was so filled with amazement, that he was not himself; he could scarcely tell whether he was in the body or not, and whether he was in a dream or a trance, or whether he saw a vision or not; but upon the angel's leaving him he came to himself, the amazement wore off, and he found himself thoroughly awake, and perfectly in his senses, and that the deliverance was real: and then,

he said, now know I of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel; this was a thanksgiving to God, and an acknowledgment, that the deliverance, though it was by the ministry an angel, yet was owing to the goodness and power of God; it was God that sent his angel, and the salvation was of the Lord's doing, and it was marvellous in the eyes of Peter, and gratefully owned by him:

and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod; who intended that morning to have brought him forth, and sacrificed him to the will of the people:

and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews; not only the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but the body of the Jewish nation, who were now at Jerusalem, on account of the passover; and who before they departed into their several cities and towns, expected to have had Peter brought forth, and put to death before them; but now both Herod and they were disappointed.