Acts 12:1-7
Lexham English Bible
Herod Kills James and Imprisons Peter
12 Now at that time, Herod the king laid hands on some of those from the church to harm them.[a] 2 So he executed James the brother of John with a sword. 3 And when he[b] saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (Now this was during the feast[c] of Unleavened Bread.) 4 After he[d] had arrested him,[e] he also put him[f] in prison, handing him[g] over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out for public trial[h] after the Passover. 5 Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.
Peter Rescued by an Angel
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 guards before the door were watching the prison. 7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood near him,[i] and a light shone in the prison cell. And striking Peter’s side, he woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly!”[j] And his chains fell off of his[k] hands.
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- Acts 12:1 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 12:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 12:3 Literally “now these were the days”
- Acts 12:4 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had arrested”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 12:4 Literally “whom”
- Acts 12:4 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 12:4 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 12:4 Literally “to the people”
- Acts 12:7 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 12:7 Literally “with quickness”
- Acts 12:7 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
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