{"author":null,"canonical_references":[],"database_sha256":"8cfbe7284c6936871d57c02dc6aa63ebbdfd4722422d539dd9f716e46e91112e","date_end":null,"date_start":null,"edition_year":null,"id":"sermonindex-ecf-2540","native_reference":{"book_number":510,"chapter_from":12,"chapter_to":12,"system":"MyBible module coordinates (mapping unverified)","verse_from":6,"verse_to":6},"public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"verse-keyed-module-record","review_required":["English edition and exact text","author/work attribution","dating","verse mapping and citation kind","reuse and attribution","split author quotations and deduplicate"],"review_status":"unreviewed","source_html":"<p><b>John Chrysostom</b>: And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. In that night He delivered him. \"And a light shined in the prison,\" that he might not deem it fancy: and none saw the light, but he only. For if, notwithstanding this was done, he thought it a fancy, because of its unexpectedness; if this had not been, much more would he have thought this: so prepared was he for death. For his having waited there many days and not being saved caused this. Why then, say you, did He not suffer him to fall into the hands of Herod, and then deliver him? Because that would have brought people into astonishment, whereas this was credible: and they would not even have been thought human beings.<br/><i>— Homily on Acts 26</i></p><p><b>John Chrysostom</b>: And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. See Peter sleeping, and not in distress or fear! That same night, after which he was to be brought forth, he slept, having cast all upon God. \"Between two soldiers, bound with two chains.\" Mark, how strict the ward! \"And says, Arise.\" The guards were asleep with him, and therefore perceived nothing of what was happening. \"And a light shined.\" What was the light for? In order that Peter might see as well as hear, and not imagine it to be all fancy. And the command, \"Arise quickly,\" that he may not be remiss. He also smote him; so deeply did he sleep.<br/><i>— Homily on Acts 26</i></p><p><b>John Chrysostom</b>: See how Peter slept and was not in anguish or fear. In the very night when he was about to be brought before the court he slept, leaving everything to God. Indeed the multitude becomes powerful when virtue is present. And it had such a power that even though the doors were closed, chains bound the apostle and the jailers slept at both his sides, virtue delivered him and saved him from all those difficulties. So if virtue is present the multitude has great strength, but if vice is present it makes no benefit.<br/><i>— CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 12.6-7</i></p><p><b>John Chrysostom</b>: And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. See Peter sleeping, and not in distress or fear! That same night, after which he was to be brought forth, he slept, having cast all upon God. \"Between two soldiers, bound with two chains.\" Mark, how strict the ward!<br/><i>— Homily on Acts 26</i></p><p><b>Oecumenius</b>: Peter was neither in agony nor in fear, but slept, having cast everything upon the Lord. [CHRYSOSTOM]<br/><i>— Commentary on Acts</i></p>","source_html_sha256":"dc8047708619c19ff995f8b16a5b8b2108bf98e1d3866f67ae0ccf5a200abeaf","source_module":"ECF","source_row_id":2540,"source_url":"https://www.sermonindex.net/commentary/ecf/","text_sha256":"df61372a0e6acb423d43e5de6e53d99b841f76e5e3acb53334c699047b5c1c31","translator":null,"work":null}