Acts 12:7
Behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared by him, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him and said, “Get up quickly,” and his chains fell off his hands.
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2 Samuel 22:29For you are my lamp, Yahweh. 1 Yahweh lights up my darkness. 1
1 Kings 19:7The angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, because the journey will be too much for you.”
Psalms 37:32The wicked person watches the righteous person 1 and seeks to kill him. 1
Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and gloom 1 and broke their bonds. 1
Psalms 142:6Listen to my call, 1 for I have been brought very low; 1 rescue me from my persecutors, 1 for they are stronger than I. 1
Isaiah 37:30This will be the sign for you: 1 This year you will eat what grows wild, and in the second year what grows from that. 1 But in the third year you must plant and harvest, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 1
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 →