Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 12:10

10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city which opened to them of his own accord, and they went out, and passed on through one street, and forthwith the angel departed from him.

Guard or Sentinels.

The outmost gate that led out of the prison into the City, (not that the prison its self was out of the City.)

God worketh a series of miracles in their fit place and time; he could have done them all together, and have opened this iron gate before-hand, when he conducted Peter through the first, then through the second watch; but it is good for Peter and us, to be convinced, that we stand every moment in need of Gods conduct and deliverance.

Marginal references: Chap. 16.26▪