Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Acts 12:7

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the angel: Act 12:23, Act 5:19, Act 10:30, Act 27:23, Act 27:24; Kg1 19:5, Kg1 19:7; Psa 34:7, Psa 37:32, Psa 37:33; Isa 37:30; Dan 6:22; Heb 1:14 and a: Act 9:3; Sa2 22:29; Eze 43:2; Mic 7:9; Hab 3:4, Hab 3:11; Rev 18:1 Arise: Gen 19:15, Gen 19:16; Isa 60:1; Eph 5:14 And his: The two chains with which his hands were fastened to those of the two soldiers between whom he slept. This, it appears, was the Roman method of securing a prisoner, and seems to be what is intimated in Act 12:6. Act 12:6, Act 2:24, Act 16:26; Psa 105:18-20, Psa 107:14, Psa 116:16, Psa 142:6, Psa 142:7, Psa 146:7; Dan 3:24, Dan 3:25 Acts 12:9

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