Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
Ver. 5. Earnest prayer was made] Oratio sine malis, est ut avis sine alis. These good souls strained and stretched out themselves in prayer εκτενης, as men do that are running in a race, Puriores coelo afflictione facti, as Chrysostom saith of them.