Acts Chapter 12 verse 5 Holy Bible
Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.
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So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.
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Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him.
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Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
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Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
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Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - The prison for prison, A.V.; earnestly for without ceasing, A.V. (ἐκτενὴς, or as in the R.T. ἐκτενῶς, has the sense of intensity rather than duration; see Luke 22:14, T.R.; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 4:8). As the last of the days of unleavened bread approached, the prayers of the Church would be more and more intense in their earnestness. We have but to read the preceding chapters to judge how precious to the Church the life of Peter must have been.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Prayer was made without ceasing.--The adjective is rendered by "fervent" in 1Peter 4:8, and implies, as in the marginal reading, intensity as well as continuity. The words imply that the members of the Church continued, in spite of the persecution, to meet as usual, probably, as in Acts 12:12, in the house of Mary, the mother of Mark.