Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 12:7

7 Hūrán yǒu zhǔ de yī gè shǐzhĕ , zhàn zaì pángbiān , wū lǐ yǒu guāng zhàoyào . tiānshǐ pāi Bǐdé de leì páng , pāi xǐng le tā , shuō , kuaì kuaì qǐlai . nà tiĕliàn jiù cóng tā shǒu shàng tuō luò xià lái .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 12:7

And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him
Suddenly and at once, and stood by him; this was one of the ministering spirits sent forth by Christ, to minister to a servant of his:

and a light shined in the prison;
the Syriac version renders it, "in the whole house"; and the word that is used does signify an habitation, or a dwelling house properly, but is used also by the Greek writers ^F6 for a prison: this was an uncommon light produced by the angel, partly as an emblem of the presence, majesty, and power of God, who was present, to work a great deliverance; and partly for the use of Peter, that when being awaked he might see to rise and walk by:

and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up;
he touched him on that side which lay uppermost, or punched him on it, in order to awake him, and raise him out of his sleep:

saying arise up quickly;
without delay, make haste:

and his chains fell off from his hands;
from both his hands, and were left with the soldiers, between whom he slept; which must be ascribed to an almighty power, which caused them to drop off.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Vid Harpocratian Lex. p. 212.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 12:7 In-Context

5 Yúshì Bǐdé beì qiú zaì jiānlǐ . jiàohuì què wéi tā qiè qiè de dǎogào shén .

6 Xīlǜ jiāngyào tí tā chūlai de qián yī yè , Bǐdé beì liǎng tiaó tiĕliàn suǒ zhe , shuì zaì liǎng gè bīng dīng dāngzhōng . kānshǒu de rén yĕ zaì mén waì kānshǒu .

7 Hūrán yǒu zhǔ de yī gè shǐzhĕ , zhàn zaì pángbiān , wū lǐ yǒu guāng zhàoyào . tiānshǐ pāi Bǐdé de leì páng , pāi xǐng le tā , shuō , kuaì kuaì qǐlai . nà tiĕliàn jiù cóng tā shǒu shàng tuō luò xià lái .

8 Tiānshǐ duì tā shuō , shù shàng daìzi . chuān shàng xié . tā jiù nàyàng zuò . tiānshǐ yòu shuō , pī shàng waìyī gēn zhe wǒ lái .

9 Bǐdé jiù chūlai gēn zhe tā , bù zhīdào tiānshǐ suǒ zuò shì zhēn de , zhǐ dàng jiàn le yìxiàng .