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12 : 1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.
12 : 2 He killedJames the brother of Johnwith the sword,
12 : 3 and when he sawthat it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was duringthe days of Unleavened Bread.
12 : 4 And when he had seized him, he put himin prison, delivering him over to foursquads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.
12 : 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but earnestprayer for him was made to God by the church.
12 : 6 Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers,bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.
12 : 7 And behold,an angel of the Lordstood next to him, and a light shone in the cell.He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying,Get up quickly.Andthe chains fell off his hands.
12 : 8 And the angel said to him,Dress yourself andput on your sandals.And he did so. And he said to him,Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.
12 : 9 And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, butthought he was seeing a vision.
12 : 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city.It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.
12 : 11 When Petercame to himself, he said,Now I am sure thatthe Lord has sent his angel andrescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.
12 : 12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother ofJohn whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together andwere praying.
12 : 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway,a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.
12 : 14 Recognizing Peter's voice,in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.
12 : 15 They said to her,You are out of your mind.But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying,It ishis angel!
12 : 16 But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed.
12 : 17 Butmotioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said,Tell these things toJames and tothe brothers.Then he departed and went to another place.
12 : 18 Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.
12 : 19 And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries andordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.
12 : 20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, andhaving persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain,they asked for peace, becausetheir country depended on the king's country for food.
12 : 21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them.
12 : 22 And the people were shouting,The voice of a god, and not of a man!
12 : 23 Immediatelyan angel of the Lord struck him down, becausehe did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
12 : 24 Butthe word of God increased and multiplied.
12 : 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned fromJerusalem when they had completed their service, bringing with themJohn, whose other name was Mark.