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Act 12:8. Εἶπε, said) It was not the angel himself who clothed Peter; for there was no need. Decorum was observed.-περίζωσαι, gird thyself around) His girdle, sandals, and garment, either Peter himself had laid aside when going to sleep, or else the guards had taken away: now he is ordered to put them on. Still Peter had his time for walking uninterfered with (at his disposal): Joh 21:18, “(περιεπάτεις) whither thou wouldest; but when thou shalt be old,-another shall grid thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.”