John Gill - Exposition
John Gill
And when Herod had sought for him and found him not,.... Neither in the prison, nor in any part of the city: he examined the keepers; of the prison, and those that were upon the watch, whether they had not been accessary to his escape: and commanded that they should be put to death: or brought forth, not before a judge to be tried and judged, because they had been examined by Herod already; but...