And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
Ver. 12. Where many were gathered together praying] Great is the force of joint prayer, when Christians set upon God quasi manu facta, as in Tertulllan's time, they sacked and ransacked heaven by their prayers. Preces fundimus, caelum tundimus, misericordiam extorquemus, saith he. We beseech not God only, but we besiege him too; we beg not barely, but bounce at heaven's gates.