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Acts 12 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Peter's Arrest and Deliverance

Act 12:1

Act 12:1Now about that time [fn]Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them.

Act 12:2

Act 12:2And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.

Act 12:3

Act 12:3When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. Now [fn]it was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

Act 12:4

Act 12:4When he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four [fn]squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out before the people.

Act 12:5

Act 12:5So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

Act 12:6

Act 12:6On [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.

Act 12:7

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

Act 12:8

Act 12:8And the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and [fn]put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he *said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

Act 12:9

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

Act 12:10

Act 12:10When 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.

Act 12:11

Act 12:11When 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.”

Act 12:12

Act 12:12And 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.

Act 12:13

Act 12:13When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

Act 12:14

Act 12:14When 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.

Act 12:15

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

Act 12:16

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

Act 12:17

Act 12:17But 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 brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.

Act 12:18

Act 12:18Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to [fn]what could have become of Peter.

Act 12:19

Act 12:19When 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

Act 12:20

Act 12:20Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

Act 12:21

Act 12:21On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the [fn]rostrum and began delivering an address to them.

Act 12:22

Act 12:22The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”

Act 12:23

Act 12:23And 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.

Act 12:24

Act 12:24But the word of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied.

Act 12:25

Act 12:25And Barnabas and Saul returned [fn]from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their [fn]mission, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark.
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NASB95 Footnotes
I.e. Herod Agrippa I
Literally: they were the days
Literally: quaternions; a quaternion was composed of four soldiers
Literally: that night
Literally: bind
Literally: in himself
Literally: the expectation of the people of the Jews
Or, Jacob
Literally: what therefore had become
Or, judgment seat
Literally: breathed his last breath
Two early mss read to Jerusalem
Literally: ministry
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