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Too Good to Be True?
Commentators explain that Peter's deliverance was so miraculous and unexpected that he couldn't process it as a real event. Having experienced visions before (Acts 10), his mind defaulted to thinking this was another one. This highlights how God's intervention can be so powerful and astonishing that it can feel unreal to those experiencing it.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 12:9
18th Century
Theologian
And wist not: Did not know.
Saw a vision. That is, it was a representation made to his mind, similar to what he had seen b…
AT Robertson
On Acts 12:9
Wist not (ουκ ηιδε). Past perfect of οιδα used as imperfect, did not know.
Followed (ηκολουθε). Imperfect …
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 12:9
19th Century
Bishop
And wist not that it was true . . .—The kind of introspective analysis of the Apostle’s consciousness suggests the though…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 12:9
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 …
John Calvin
On Acts 12:9
16th Century
Theologian
He knew not that it was true. He did not think that it was a vain or false illusion, as Satan often deludes people with trickeries; but
John Gill
On Acts 12:9
17th Century
Pastor
And he went out and followed him
He came out from between the two soldiers, and out of that apartment in the prison,…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 12:6–11
17th Century
Minister
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…