Atos 12:5

5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

Ver. 5. Earnest prayer was made ] Oratio sine malis, est ut avis sine alis. These good souls strained and stretched out themselves in prayer εκτενης , as men do that are running in a race, Puriores coelo afflictione facti, as Chrysostom saith of them.