What Does Acts 12:3 Mean?

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“because he saw”

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl

“it”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

agreeable; by implication, fit

“pleased”

he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the Jews”

judaean, i.e., belonging to jehudah

“he proceeded further”

to place additionally, i.e., lay beside, annex, repeat

“to take”

to clasp, i.e., seize (arrest, capture); specially, to conceive (literally or figuratively); by implication, to aid

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“Peter”

a (piece of) rock (larger than g3037); as a name, petrus, an apostle

“were”

i (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

“(Then”

but, and, etc

“the days”

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 (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of unleavened bread”

unleavened, i.e., (figuratively) uncorrupted; (in the neutral plural) specially (by implication) the passover week