clouds will return, and the storm will again beat upon the heads of the righteous.’1 Christians today, take note! The imprisoned Peter was guarded twenty-four hours a day and chained between two soldiers—Herod, one presumes, had been told how easily Peter and John had once escaped from the high priest’s jail (5:19). The apostle was helpless and faced certain death after the Passover. ‘But,’ says Luke with majestic understatement, ‘the church was earnestly praying to God for