He examined (ανακρινας). First aorist active participle of ανακρινω, old verb to sift up and down, to question thoroughly, in a fo…

He examined the keepers. These were the soldiers who were entrusted with Peter's custody. Probably only those who had special care of him …

Commanded that they should be put to death.—Literally, that they should be led away—i.e., to execution. The phr…

(18–19a) In Roman law, a guard who allowed his prisoner to escape was subject to the same penalty the escaped prisoner would have suffered. No wond…

And when Herod had searched for him and did not find him
Neither in the prison, nor in any part of the city:

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God's providence leaves room for the use of our prudence, though he has undertaken to perform and perfect what he has begun. These Christians conti…