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He went out, and followed him. He didn`t know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
Wist not (ουκ ηιδε). Past perfect of οιδα used as imperfect, did not know.
Followed (ηκολουθε). Imperfect …
19th Century
Anglican
And wist not that it was true . . .—The kind of introspective analysis of the Apostle’s consciousness suggests the though…
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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 …
16th Century
Protestant
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
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he went out and followed him He came out from between the two soldiers, and out of that apartment in the prison,…
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