And when Herod would have brought him forth
The next morning; so he had determined not to dismiss him, but to
expose him to the people, and to put him to such a death they
should choose:
the same night, Peter was sleeping between two
soldiers;
fearless of death, being in a good cause, and having nothing to
ruffle and disturb his mind; and though he was in a prison, and
in such company, God gave him, his beloved, sleep:
bound with two chains;
one on one hand, and one on the other, each of which were
fastened to the soldiers; that on his right hand was fastened to
the left hand of the soldier, that was on that side; and that on
his left hand to the right hand of the soldier, on the other side
him; such security was made, that he might not get away from
them; to which is added,
and the keepers before the door kept the
prison;
or watched it, that nobody went in, or came out.
