Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Acts 12:3

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 1, page 111, footnote 1 (Image)

Eusebius: Church History from A.D. 1-324, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in Praise of Constantine

The Church History of Eusebius. (HTML)

Book II (HTML)

The Martyrdom of James the Apostle. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 333 (In-Text, Margin)

4. And then, as the divine Scripture says,[Acts 12:3] Herod, upon the death of James, seeing that the deed pleased the Jews, attacked Peter also and committed him to prison, and would have slain him if he had not, by the divine appearance of an angel who came to him by night, been wonderfully released from his bonds, and thus liberated for the service of the Gospel. Such was the providence of God in respect to Peter.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 1, page 115, footnote 8 (Image)

Eusebius: Church History from A.D. 1-324, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in Praise of Constantine

The Church History of Eusebius. (HTML)

Book II (HTML)

The Preaching of the Apostle Peter in Rome. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 385 (In-Text, Margin)

6. But this did not last long. For immediately, during the reign of Claudius, the all-good and gracious Providence, which watches over all things, led Peter, that strongest and greatest of the apostles, and the one who on account of his virtue was the speaker for all the others, to Rome[Acts 12:3] against this great corrupter of life. He like a noble commander of God, clad in divine armor, carried the costly merchandise of the light of the understanding from the East to those who dwelt in the West, proclaiming the light itself, and the word which brings salvation to souls, and preaching the kingdom of heaven.