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Acts 12:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Acts 12:6

Verse 6 of 25

Scripture focus

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

Acts 12:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 12:6

Theological / Devotional

Would have brought. Literally, “was about to bring,” an additional evidence of the passage of time between Peter’s arrest and the moment of his intended execution.

The same night. Or, “on that very night.”

Peter was sleeping. It is an inspiration and a challenge to faith to see the calm repose of the apostle, as of one to whom God had given the sleep of His beloved (see Ps. 127:2), undisturbed by the fear of coming suffering and death.

Keepers. Or, “guards,” that is, probably the two soldiers of the quaternion who were not chained to the prisoner.

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