10. first and the second ward . . . the iron gate that leadeth unto the
city--We can only conjecture the precise meaning of all this, not
knowing the position of the prison.
passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from
him--when he had placed him beyond pursuit. Thus "He disappointeth the
devices of the crafty, so that their heads cannot perform their
enterprise"
(Job 5:12).
JFB.
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