Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 12:11

11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Out of that amazement, which so many wonderful things had wrought in him, that he could compose himself to reflect upon what he had heard and seen, he knew his deliverance was real and effectual.

From Herod who had resolved to have killed him, as he had done Iames, ver. 2. and from the peoples expectation, who had heard the report of Herods resolution, and longed for the fulfilling of it.

Marginal references: Dan. 6.22.