ACTS 12:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.”
In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.'—the soldiers' crisis (thorybos, 'turmoil,' 'uproar') is their accountability for the escaped prisoner. The 'no small commotion' (tarachos ouk oligos) suggests Herod's expected wrath; their lives are in jeopardy.
Church Fathers on Acts 12:18
Some persons, it is likely, are at a loss how to explain it, that God should quietly look on while (His) champions are put to death, and now again the soldiers on account of Peter: and yet it was possible for Him after (delivering) Peter to rescue them also. But it was not yet the time of judgment, so as to render to each according to his deserts. And besides, it was not Peter that put them into his hands. For the thing that most annoyed him was the being mocked; just as in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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