And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Ver. 11. The Lord stood by him] Turned his prison into a palace, as likewise he did to Algerius, Christ's prisoner, and Master Philpot, thus to his friends, Though I tell you I am in hell in the judgment of this world, assuredly I feel in the same the consolation of heaven, I praise God; and this loathsome and horrible prison is as pleasant to me as the walk in the garden of the King's Bench.