Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Acts 12:11

"And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews." — Acts 12:11 (ASV)

Passing the two guards at the inner entrance to the prison, Peter and the angel came to the main iron gate, which opened automatically as they approached. Then the angel left Peter a block away from the prison. For Peter, standing there alone in the street and brought to his senses by the cool night air, there was no doubt that “the Lord sent his angel and rescued me [Peter] from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”