- Bible
- Acts
- Chapter 12
- Verse 18
Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
Now as soon as it was day,.... When it was morning; as soon as there was any light in the prison, by which the guards could discern one another and their prisoners:
there was no small stir among the…
Barnes' Notes
No small stir - Amazement that he had escaped, and apprehension of the consequences. The punishment which they had reason to expect, for having suffered his escape, was death.
We have here an account of Peter's deliverance out of prison, by which the design of Herod against him was defeated, and his life preserved for further service, and a stop given to this bloody…
Cambridge Bible
stir among the soldiers For the guards who had been chained to the prisoner would discover as soon as they awoke, that he had escaped from between them, and they would know that their lives would…