⁵ Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.^(A)

All at once an angel^(B) touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

²² My God sent his angel,^(A) and he shut the mouths of the lions.^(B) They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight.^(C) Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”

¹⁹ But during the night an angel^(A) of the Lord opened the doors of the jail^(B) and brought them out.^(C)

⁸ Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. ⁹ Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.^{(A) 10} They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself,^(B) and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

¹¹ Then Peter came to himself^(C) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me^(D) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”