Acts 12:20
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 12
“And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.”Acts 12:20
What Does Acts 12:20 Mean?
Acts 12:20 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 12, verse 20 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 12:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ezra 3:7“They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.”1 Kings 5:9“My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.”Ezekiel 27:17“Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.”Matthew 11:21“Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”Luke 14:31“Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?”Luke 14:32“Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.”Luke 16:8“And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.”Acts 21:3“Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.”Genesis 10:15“And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,”Genesis 10:19“And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.”Genesis 40:2“And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.”Joshua 19:29“And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:”2 Kings 9:32“And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.”2 Chronicles 2:10“And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”2 Chronicles 2:15“Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:”Esther 4:8“Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.”Psalms 49:18“Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.”Proverbs 16:14“The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.”Proverbs 17:14“The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.”Proverbs 25:8“Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.”
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BlastusHerod Agrippa ISidonTyre
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