7And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
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But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: …
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. …
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…
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