Acts:12:1-19

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* At that time Herod the king laid his hands on some of those of the assembly to do them hurt , * and slew James , the brother of John , with the sword . * And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews , he went on to take Peter also : (and they were the days of unleavened bread :) * whom having seized he put in prison , having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep , purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people . * Peter therefore was kept in the prison ; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him . * And when Herod was going to bring him forth , that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers , bound with two chains , and guards before the door kept the prison . * And lo , an angel of [the ] Lord came there , and a light shone in the prison : and having smitten the side of Peter , he roused him up , saying , Rise up quickly . And his chains fell off his hands . * And the angel said to him , Gird thyself , and bind on thy sandals . And he did so . And he says to him , Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me . * And going forth he followed [him ] and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real , but supposed he saw a vision . * And having passed through a first and second guard , they came to the iron gate which leads into the city , which opened to them of itself ; and going forth they went down one street , and immediately the angel left him . * And Peter , being come to himself , said , Now I know certainly that [the ] Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews . * And having become clearly conscious [in himself ], he came to the house of Mary , the mother of John who was surnamed Mark , where were many gathered together and praying . * And when he had knocked at the door of the entry , a maid came to listen , by name Rhoda ; * and having recognised the voice of Peter , through joy did not open the entry , but running in , reported that Peter was standing before the entry . * And they said to her , Thou art mad . But she maintained that it was so . And they said , It is his angel . * But Peter continued knocking : and having opened , they saw him and were astonished . * And having made a sign to them with his hand to be silent , he related [to them ] how the Lord had brought him out of prison ; and he said , Report these things to James and to the brethren . And he went out and went to another place . * And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers , what then was become of Peter . * And Herod having sought him and not found him , having examined the guards , commanded [them ] to be executed . And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed [there ].

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