Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when Herod had sought for him and found him not, having examined the keepers, he commanded they should be put to death. And going down from Judea to Caesarea, he abode there. sought for him. 1 Samuel 23:14 But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands. Psalm 37:32,33 The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death, . . . Jeremiah 36:26 And the king commanded Jeremiel the son of Amelech, and Saraias the son of Ezriel, and Selemias the son of Abdeel, to take up Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them. Matthew 2:13 And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him. he examined. Acts 12:4,6 And when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him to four files of soldiers, to be kept, intending, after the pasch, to bring him forth to the people. . . . Matthew 28:11-15 Who when they were departed, behold, some of the guards came into the city and told the chief priests all things that had been done. . . . commanded. Daniel 2:11-13 For the thing that thou asketh, O king, is difficult: nor can any one be found that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose conversation is not with men. . . . Matthew 2:16 Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry: and sending killed all the menchildren that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. John 12:10,11 But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also: . . . he went. Acts 21:8 And the next day departing, we came to Caesarea. And entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him. Acts 25:13 And after some days, king Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea, to salute Festus. 1 Kings 20:43 And the king of Israel returned to his house, slighting to hear, and raging came into Samaria. Esther 6:12 But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered: Context The Rescue of Peter…18Now when day was come, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. 19And when Herod had sought for him and found him not, having examined the keepers, he commanded they should be put to death. And going down from Judea to Caesarea, he abode there. 20And he was angry with the Tyrians and the Sidonians. But they with one accord came to him: and, having gained Blastus who was the king's chamberlain, they desired peace, because their countries were nourished by him.… Cross References Matthew 2:1 When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, Acts 8:40 But Philip was found in Azotus: and passing through, he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. Acts 12:18 Now when day was come, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. Acts 16:27 And the keeper of the prison, awakening out of his sleep and seeing the doors of the prison open, drawing his sword, would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. Acts 27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out should escape. Lexicon [After]δὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. Herod Ἡρῴδης (Hērōdēs) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2264: Compound of heros and eidos; heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings. had searched ἐπιζητήσας (epizētēsas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 1934: To seek after, desire, search for, make inquiries about. From epi and zeteo; to search for; intensively, to demand, to crave. for him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. [unsuccessfully], εὑρὼν (heurōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. he examined ἀνακρίνας (anakrinas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 350: From ana and krino; properly, to scrutinize, i.e. investigate, interrogate, determine. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. guards φύλακας (phylakas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 5441: A guard, keeper, sentinel. From phulasso; a watcher or sentry. [and] ordered that ἐκέλευσεν (ekeleusen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 2753: To command, order, direct, bid. From a primary kello; 'hail'; to incite by word, i.e. Order. they be executed. ἀπαχθῆναι (apachthēnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive Strong's Greek 520: To lead, carry, take away; met: To be led astray, seduced. From apo and ago; to take off. Then καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. he went down κατελθὼν (katelthōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2718: From kata and erchomai; to come down. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. Judea Ἰουδαίας (Ioudaias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 2449: Judea, a Roman province, capital Jerusalem. Feminine of Ioudaios; the Judaean land, a region of Palestine. to εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. Caesarea Καισάρειαν (Kaisareian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 2542: From Kaisar; Caesaria, the name of two places in Palestine. [and] spent some time [there]. διέτριβεν (dietriben) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1304: To tarry, continue, stay in a place. From dia and the base of tribos; to wear through, i.e. Remain. Additional Translations After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there. And Herod having sought after him and not having found him, having examined the guards, commanded them to be led away to death. And having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he stayed there. 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 Judaea to Caesarea, and there stayed. And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and tarried there. And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded [them] to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed [there]. And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and tarried there. 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. And when Herod had had him searched for and could not find him, after sharply questioning the guards he ordered them away to execution. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea and remained there. When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there. and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command them to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he was abiding there. 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