Acts 12:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. — The picture of the calm repose of the Apostle as of one to whom God had given the sleep of His beloved (Psalms 127:2), undisturbed by the fear of coming suffering and death, will be felt by most readers to be one of singular interest.

Acts 12:6

6 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.