Acts 12:7
And behold, an agent of Lord stood near, and light shone in the room. And after striking the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying, Get up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
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2 Samuel 22:29For thou are my lamp, O LORD. And LORD will lighten my darkness.
1 Kings 19:7And the agent of LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat because the journey is too great for thee.
Psalms 37:32A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him.
Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds apart.
Psalms 142:6Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
Isaiah 37:30And this shall be the sign to thee. Ye shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same, and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.
Matthew Henry on Acts 12:6-20
Peter's Imprisonment and Deliverance. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 6 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. 7 And, 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… Read the whole commentary →