“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.
Church Fathers on Acts 12:6
Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him. Acts 12:5 For the contest was now for life and death: both the slaying of the one made them fearful, and the casting of the other into prison. 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. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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