Acts 12:5

Peter was therefore kept in custody: but incessant prayer was made to God for him by the church.

1770 John Worsley 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 he seized and put into prison, delivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending, after the passover, to bring him out to the people.

6And when Herod was about to bring him forth, that very night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the guards at the door watched the prison.

Read all of Acts 12

Cross References

Luke 18:1And He spake also a parable to them, to shew that men ought always to pray, and not to faint:

1 Corinthians 12:26And so if one member suffer all the members suffer with it; and if one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

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

Hebrews 13:3Remember those that are in bonds, as if bound with them: and those that suffer evil 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Acts 12:5