Acts 12:10

"The first and second guard" The soldiers outside the cell were apparently stationed at intervals in the entry way to the prison cell. These guards they passed without the guards even seeing them (compare with Luke 24:16). "The iron gate" The gate simply opened by itself! The Greek word here is automate, from which we get the English "automatically". "There was no key used, nor force of any kind like. battering ram or. kick. As they approached it, it just swung open to allow them to pass" (Reese p. 434). Wow! God is so powerful that He does not even have to kick the door open! "Went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him" The angel stayed with Peter until he was one block from the prison. He stayed with him until there was no further need for supernatural aid