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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Peter therefore was kept in prison. But this was all the better for Peter, who was thereby made more approved, and evinced his own manly courage. And it says, "there was earnest prayer making." It was the prayer of filial affection: it was for a father they asked, a father mild. "There was," it says, "earnest prayer." Hear how they were affected to their teachers. No factions, no perturbation: but they betook them to prayer, to that alliance which is indeed invincible, to this they betook them for refuge. They did not say, "What? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Listen to how they interceded for their teachers: they did not revolt, they did not rebel, but turned to the true ally — prayer.
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