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The angel said to him, "Put on your clothes, and tie on your sandals." He did so. He said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you, and follow me."
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God's Calm in Crisis
Commentators note the angel's instructions were not for a frantic escape but for Peter to get fully dressed in an orderly manner. The angel tells him to gird himself, put on his sandals, and wrap his cloak around him. This deliberate pace, which one scholar likens to a parent dressing a sleepy child, shows God's complete control. In our crises, God is not panicked; He works with calm sovereignty.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Gird yourself. When they slept, the outer garment was thrown off, and the girdle with which they bound their inner garment, or tu…
Gird thyself (ζωσα). Direct middle first aorist (ingressive) imperative (Robertson,
Grammar, pp. 806f.) from ζωννυμ …
19th Century
Anglican
Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals.—In lying down to sleep the Apostle had naturally laid aside his “cloak,” loosened the girdle that b…
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On the night before Agrippa’s show trial, “an angel of the Lord” appeared in the apostle’s cell and began to take charge of affairs. The “angel of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the angel said to him, gird yourself He slept in his inner garment loose about him; therefore the angel bids him…
A peaceful conscience, a lively hope, and the consolations of the Holy Spirit can keep people calm in the full prospect of death, even those very i…
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