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Acts 12 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Peter’s Arrest and Deliverance

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Now about that time [fn]Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church, to do them harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - And he had James the brother of John executed with a sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:3 - When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (Now these were [fn]the days of Unleavened Bread.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, turning him over to four [fn]squads of soldiers to guard him, intending only after the Passover to bring him before the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made to God [fn]intensely by the church.

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On [fn]the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7 - And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly stood near Peter, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:8 - And the angel said to him, “Put on your belt and [fn]strap on your sandals.” And he did so. And he *said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:9 - And he went out and continued to follow, and yet he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - Now when they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:11 - When Peter came [fn]to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all [fn]that the Jewish people were expecting.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:12 - And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13 - When he knocked at the door of the gate, a slave woman named Rhoda came to answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:15 - They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:16 - But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to [fn]James and the brothers.” Then he left and went to another place.

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Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to [fn]what could have become of Peter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 - When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.

Death of Herod

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Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one mind they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was supported with grain from the king’s country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:21 - On an appointed day, after putting on his royal apparel, Herod took his seat on the [fn]rostrum and began delivering an address to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:22 - The people repeatedly cried out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:23 - And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and [fn]died.

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But the word of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied.

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And Barnabas and Saul returned when they had fulfilled their [fn]mission to Jerusalem, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark.

See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
I.e., Herod Agrippa I
I.e., Passover week
Lit quaternions; a quaternion was composed of four soldiers
Or constantly
Lit that night
Lit bind
Lit in himself
Lit the expectation of the people of the Jews
Or Jacob
Lit what therefore had become
Or judgment seat
Lit expired
Lit ministry
*
See the NASB20 Preface for an explanation on the use of the asterisk.
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