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AC-12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth
[his] hands to vex
certain of the church.
AC-12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
AC-12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded
further to take
Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
AC-12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put [him] in prison,
and delivered
[him] to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending
after Easter to
bring him forth to the people.
AC-12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made
without
ceasing of the church unto God for him.
AC-12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same
night Peter was
sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the
keepers before
the door kept the prison.
AC-12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon [him], and
a light shined
in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up,
saying, Arise
up quickly. And his chains fell off from [his] hands.
AC-12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on
thy sandals.
And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about
thee, and follow
me.
AC-12:9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it
was true which
was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
AC-12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward,
they came unto the
iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of
his own accord:
and they went out, and passed on through one street; and
forthwith the angel
departed from him.
AC-12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I
know of a surety,
that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of
the hand of
Herod, and [from] all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
AC-12:12 And when he had considered [the thing], he came to the
house of Mary
the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were
gathered together
praying.
AC-12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel
came to
hearken, named Rhoda.
AC-12:14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the
gate for
gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
AC-12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she
constantly affirmed
that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
AC-12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened
[the door],
and saw him, they were astonished.
AC-12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold
their peace,
declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the
prison. And he said,
Go show these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he
departed, and went
into another place.
AC-12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir
among the
soldiers, what was become of Peter.
AC-12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not,
he examined the
keepers, and commanded that [they] should be put to death. And
he went down
from Judaea to Caesarea, and [there] abode.
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