ACTS 12:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.”
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.'—the passage through guards (passive, undetected) shows the angel's protective, imperceptible power. The iron gate 'opened for itself' (anōichthē autē, subject-less passive, emphasizing divine action) suggests supernatural intervention. The single-street walk (mikron) marks the boundary between guarded prison and free city; at that boundary the angel departs, leaving Peter to navigate the final leg.
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