18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
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But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, …
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
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.
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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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