Acts 12:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

Acts 12:18 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:22-25
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, …
Acts 19:23
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
Acts 16:27
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Bigotry Government Herod Intolerance, Religious Martyrdom Persecution

Commentary

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

18-19. as soon as it was day, &c.--His deliverance must have been during the fourth watch (three to six A.M.); else he must have been missed by the keepers at the change of the watch [Wies].