Acts 12:5

Then indeed Peter was kept in prison: but prayer to God in his behalf was incessantly made by the church.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 having seized, he also put in prison, having committed him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; wishing to bring him out to the people after the passover.

6But when Herod was about to lead him forth, and Peter was sleeping that night between two soldiers, and bound with two chains; and the guards were keeping guard before the door.

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Cross References

Luke 18:1And He spoke a parable to them that it behooves them to pray always, and not to faint;

1 Corinthians 12:26And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; if one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.

Ephesians 6:18praying with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit in every place, and watching unto this same thing in all perseverance and prayer for all the saints,

Hebrews 13:3Remember those bound, as having been bound along with them; those suffering persecutions, as you yourselves being 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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