The next day the plot would have been carried into effect, had not God by his providence interposed to save the life of his servant. When Peter had been made a prisoner and condemned to death, the brethren had offered earnest prayer to God day and night for his deliverance. But no such interest was manifested in behalf of him who was looked upon as an apostate from Moses, a teacher of dangerous doctrines. It was not to the elders whose counsel had brought him into this dangerous position, but to the watchful sympathy of a relative, that Paul owed his escape from a violent death.{LP 226.1}

Den næste dag ville sammensværgelse være ført ud i livet, om Gud i sit forsyn ikke havde lagt sig imellem, for at redde sin tjeners liv. Da Peter blev taget til gange og dømt til døden, havde brødrene sendt den alvorligste bøn til Gud, dag og nat om hans udfrielse. Men en sådan interesse blive ikke næret for hans skyld, som blev anset for en frafalden fra Moses, en lærer med farlige læresætninger. Det var ikke for de ældste, hvis råd bragte ham denne farlige position, men til den vagtsomme forståelse for en slægtning, hvor Paulus var skyld i hans flugt fra en voldsom død.