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Acts 12:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 3 When he saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he also went on to arrest Peter. (This was during the days of the Unleavened Bread.)+

Acts 12:3

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 3 ἰδὼν Having seen δὲ but ὅτι that ἀρεστόν pleasing ἐστιν it is τοῖς to the Ἰουδαίοις Jews προσέθετο he added συλλαβεῖν to take with καὶ also Πέτρον, Peter, ἦσαν were δὲ but ἡμέραι days τῶν of the ἀζύμων, unleavened (cakes),

Acts 12:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 3 As he saw it was pleasing to the Jews,+ he went on to arrest Peter also. (As it was, those were days of the unfermented cakes.)+

Acts 12:3

The Bible in Living English
- 3 and, seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to arrest Peter too (it was in the matzoth days),

Acts 12:3

American Standard Version
- 3 And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And those were the days of unleavened bread.

Acts 12:3

The Emphasized Bible
- 3 and seeing that it was acceptable unto the Jews he went on to apprehend Peter also (now they were the days of unleavened bread),—

Acts 12:3

King James Version
- 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

Acts Study Notes—Chapter 12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 12:3
  
  the days of the Unleavened Bread: The Festival of Unleavened Bread began on Nisan 15, the day after the Passover (Nisan 14), and lasted for seven days. (See Glossary, “Festival of Unleavened Bread,” and App. B15.) The frequent references in the Gospel accounts and the book of Acts to the various festival seasons show that the Jewish calendar continued to be observed by the Jews during the time of Jesus and the apostles. These festival seasons serve as a guide for determining the approximate time of Biblical events of that time.—Mt 26:2; Mr 14:1; Lu 22:1; Joh 2:13, 23; 5:1; 6:4; 7:2, 37; 10:22; 11:55; Ac 2:1; 12:3, 4; 20:6, 16; 27:9.