Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 12:1

NOw about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands b to vex c certain of the church.

There were several Herods mentioned in Scripture, being all of the family of Herod the great, (by whose name they were called, as Herod that killed the children in Bethlehem, called Hecolonita; another that beheaded St. Iohn, and derided our Saviour, (this Herod was sirnamed Antipas) the Herod here spoken of was called Agrippa; the Son, or as others think, the Nephew of Aristobulus, and was the Father of that Agrippa we read of, Chap. 25.26. being Vice-roy, or King under the Roman Emperor: This Herod did not onely kill some, but punished others with banishment and blows; and especially the Governours of the Church, knowing how much all suffer in them.

Marginal references: Or, began.