12:1 About
that
time
Herod
the
king
laid
violent
hands
on
some
who
belonged
to
the
church.
12:2 He
killed
James
the
brother
of
John
with
the
sword,
12:3 and
when
he
saw
that
it
pleased
the
Jews,
he
proceeded
to
arrest
Peter
also.
This
was
during
the
days
of
Unleavened
Bread.
12:4 And
when
he
had
seized
him,
he
put
him
in
prison,
delivering
him
over
to
four
squads
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
earnest
prayer
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
Lord
stood
next
to
him,
and
a
light
shone
in
the
cell.
He
struck
Peter
on
the
side
and
woke
him,
saying,
"Get
up
quickly."
And
the
chains
fell
off
his
hands.
12:8 And
the
angel
said
to
him,
"Dress
yourself
and
put
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,
but
thought
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
Peter
came
to
himself,
he
said,
"Now
I
am
sure
that
the
Lord
has
sent
his
angel
and
rescued
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
of
John
whose
other
name
was
Mark,
where
many
were
gathered
together
and
were
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
is
his
angel!"
12:16 But
Peter
continued
knocking,
and
when
they
opened,
they
saw
him
and
were
amazed.
12:17 But
motioning
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
to
James
and
to
the
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
and
ordered
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,
and
having
persuaded
Blastus,
the
king's
chamberlain,
they
asked
for
peace,
because
their
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 Immediately
an
angel
of
the
Lord
struck
him
down,
because
he
did
not
give
God
the
glory,
and
he
was
eaten
by
worms
and
breathed
his
last.
12:24 But
the
word
of
God
increased
and
multiplied.
12:25 And
Barnabas
and
Saul
returned
from
Jerusalem
when
they
had
completed
their
service,
bringing
with
them
John,
whose
other
name
was
Mark.
