Acts 12:1-25 THE HOLY BIBLE-The Acts Of The Apostles Chapter 12:1-25

Acts 12:1-25 THE HOLY BIBLE-

The Acts Of The Apostles Chapter 12:1-25

 

 

Acts 12:1 About that time King Herod laid hands upon some members of the church to harm them.

 

Acts 12:2 He had James, the brother of John,  killed by the sword,

 

Acts 12:3 and when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (It was (the) feast of Unleavened Bread.)

 

Acts 12:4 He had him taken into custody and put in prison under the guard of four squads of four soldiers each. He intended to bring him before the people after Passover.

 

Acts 12:5 Peter thus was being kept in prison, but prayer by the church was fervently being made to God on his behalf.

 

Acts 12:6 On the very night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter, secured by double chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while outside the door guards kept watch on the prison.

 

Acts 12:7 Suddenly the angel of the Lord stood by him and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and awakened him, saying, "Get up quickly." The chains fell from his wrists.

 

Acts 12:8 The angel said to him, "Put on your belt and your sandals." He did so. Then he said to him, "Put on your cloak and follow me."

 

Acts 12:9 So he followed him out, not realizing that what was happening through the angel was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.

 

Acts 12:10 They passed the first guard, then the second, and came to the iron gate leading out to the city, which opened for them by itself. They emerged and made their way down an alley, and suddenly the angel left him.

 

Acts 12:11 Then Peter recovered his senses and said, "Now I know for certain that (the) Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people had been expecting."

 

Acts 12:12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who is called Mark, where there were many people gathered in prayer.

 

Acts 12:13 When he knocked on the gateway door, a maid named Rhoda came to answer it.

 

Acts 12:14 She was so overjoyed when she recognized Peter's voice that, instead of opening the gate, she ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gate.

 

Acts 12:15 They told her, "You are out of your mind," but she insisted that it was so. But they kept saying, "It is his angel."

 

Acts 12:16 But Peter continued to knock, and when they opened it, they saw him and were astounded. Acts 12:17 He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and explained (to them) how the Lord had led him out of the prison, and said, "Report this to James  and the brothers." Then he left and went to another place.

 

Acts 12:18 At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

 

Acts 12:19 Herod, after instituting a search but not finding him, ordered the guards tried and executed. Then he left Judea to spend some time in Caesarea.

 

Acts 12:20 He had long been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, who now came to him in a body. After winning over Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they sued for peace because their country was supplied with food from the king's territory.

 

Acts 12:21 On an appointed day, Herod, attired in royal robes, (and) seated on the rostrum, addressed them publicly.

 

Acts 12:22 The assembled crowd cried out, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man."

 

Acts 12:23 At once the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not ascribe the honor to God, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

 

Acts 12:24 But the word of God continued to spread and grow.

 

Acts 12:25 After Barnabas and Saul completed their relief mission, they returned to Jerusalem,  taking with them John, who is called Mark.