Acts 12:5
Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the Assembly to God for him,
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Isaiah 62:6“On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, || All the day and all the night, || Continually, they are not silent.” O you remembering YHWH, do not keep silence for yourselves,
Luke 18:1And He also spoke an allegory to them, that it is always necessary to pray and not to faint,
1 Corinthians 12:26and whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with [it], or one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with [it];
Ephesians 6:18through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in this, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones—
Hebrews 13:3Be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as yourselves also being 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 →