“And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.”
The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.—Peter's sleep (katheudō) amid danger shows supernatural peace; he is 'sleeping' (like Jesus in the boat during the storm) despite mortal peril. The binding ('bound with two chains,' dedemenon halysei) shows maximum security; yet chains are powerless against angelic liberation. The sentries at the entrance complete the lockdown.
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