Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 12

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Acts 12 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 12 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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¶ Now about that time ^[a]Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them.
And he ¹had James the brother of John ²put to death with a sword.
When he saw that it ³pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. Now ^[b]it was during ⁴the days of Unleavened Bread.
When he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four ^[c]⁵squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after ⁶the Passover to bring him out before the people.
So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.
¶ On ^[d]the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, ⁷bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.
And behold, ⁸an angel of the Lord suddenly ⁹appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And ¹⁰his chains fell off his hands.
And the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and ^[e]put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he *said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
And 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 ¹¹a vision.
When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which ¹²opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
When Peter ¹³came ^[f]to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that ¹⁴the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all ^[g]that the Jewish people were expecting.”
And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of ¹⁵John who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and ¹⁶were praying.
When he knocked at the door of the gate, ¹⁷a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.
When she recognized Peter’s voice, ¹⁸because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is ¹⁹his angel.”
But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.
But ²⁰motioning 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 ^[h]²¹James and ²²the brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.
¶ Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to ^[i]what could have become of Peter.
When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they ²³be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to ²⁴Caesarea and was spending time there.
¶ Now he was very angry with the people of ²⁵Tyre 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 ²⁶their country was fed by the king’s country.
On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the ^[j]rostrum and began delivering an address to them.
The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”
And immediately ²⁷an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and ^[k]died.
¶ But ²⁸the word of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied.
¶ And ²⁹Barnabas and ³⁰Saul returned ^[l]from Jerusalem ³¹when they had fulfilled their ^[m]mission, taking along with them ³²John, who was also called Mark.

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FOOTNOTES

^ I.e. Herod Agrippa I
^ Lit they were the days
^ Lit quaternions; a quaternion was composed of four soldiers
^ Lit that night
^ Lit bind
^ Lit in himself
^ Lit the expectation of the people of the Jews
^ Or Jacob
^ Lit what therefore had become
^ Or judgment seat
^ Lit breathed his last breath
^ Two early mss read to Jerusalem
^ Lit ministry

REFERENCES

^ Mt 4:21; 20:23
^ Mr 10:39
^ Ac 24:27; 25:9
^ Ex 12:15; 23:15; Ac 20:6
^ Jn 19:23
^ Ex 12:1-27; Mr 14:1; Ac 12:3
^ Ac 21:33
^ Ac 5:19
^ Lu 2:9; 24:4
^ Ac 16:26
^ Ac 9:10
^ Ac 5:19; 16:26
^ Lu 15:17
^ Da 3:28; 6:22
^ Ac 12:25; 13:5, 13; 15:37, 39; Col 4:10; 2Ti 4:11; Pm 24; 1Pe 5:13
^ Ac 12:5
^ Jn 18:16f
^ Lu 24:41
^ Mt 18:10
^ Ac 13:16; 19:33; 21:40
^ Mr 6:3; Ac 15:13; 21:18; 1Co 15:7; Ga 1:19; 2:9, 12
^ Ac 1:15
^ Ac 16:27; 27:42
^ Ac 8:40
^ Mt 11:21
^ 1Ki 5:11; Ezr 3:7; Eze 27:17
^ 2Sa 24:16; 2Ki 19:35; Ac 5:19
^ Ac 6:7; 19:20
^ Ac 4:36; 13:1ff
^ Ac 4:36; 13:1ff
^ Ac 11:30
^ Ac 12:12

Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 12

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