Acts 12:5

Peter therefore was kept guarded in the prison; but earnest prayer was made by the church to God on his behalf.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

In Context

4whom he also seized and put in prison, delivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

6And when Herod was about to bring him forth, in that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and keepers before the door were guarding the prison.

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Cross References

Luke 18:1AND he spoke also a parable to them, to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

1 Corinthians 12:26And whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Ephesians 6:18praying at every fitting season in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

Hebrews 13:3Remember those in bonds, as bound with them; those in adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Matthew Henry on Acts 12:2-5

The Martyrdom of James; Peter's Imprisonment. 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) 4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Ever since the… Read the whole commentary →

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