Acts 12:18
Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
Acts 12:18 in other translations
| BSB | At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. |
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| WEB | Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter. |
| ASV | Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. |
| YLT | And day having come, there was not a little stir among the soldiers what then was become of Peter, |
| DARBY | And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what then was become of Peter. |
| BBE | Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter. |
| Webster | Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. |
What does Acts 12:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 12:18-19
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
(**) "stir" "disturbance"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 12:12-19
God's providence leaves room for the use of our prudence, though he has undertaken to perform and perfect what he has begun. These Christians continued in prayer for Peter, for they were truly in earnest. Thus men ought always to pray, and not to faint. As long as we are kept waiting for a mercy, we must continue praying for it. But sometimes that which we most earnestly wish for, we are most backward to believe…
Acts 12:18 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 12:18
- Acts 5:22-25
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
- Acts 16:27
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
- Acts 19:23
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
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Context
- Acts 12:17
But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
- Acts 12:18
Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
- Acts 12:19
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.
Acts 12:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Luego que fué de día, hubo no poco alboroto entre los soldados sobre qué se había hecho de Pedro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais le jour étant venu, il y eut un grand trouble parmi les soldats au sujet de ce que Pierre était donc devenu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als es aber Tag geworden, war eine nicht geringe Bestürzung unter den Kriegsknechten, was doch aus Petrus geworden sei. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Facta autem die, erat non parva turbatio inter milites, quidnam factum esset de Petro. |