15And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
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Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. …
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-19)We have here an account of Peter’s deliverance out of prison, by which the design of Herod against him was defeated, and his life preserved for further service, and a stop given to this bloody torrent. Now, I. One thing that magnified his deliverance was that it was a signal answer to prayer (Acts 12:5): Peter was kept in prison with a great deal of care, so that it was altogether impossible, eith…
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