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.”

⁵ Keep your lives free from the love of money^(A) and be content with what you have,^(B) because God has said,

¹⁴ Are not all angels ministering spirits^(A) sent to serve those who will inherit^(B) salvation?^(C)

⁷ Suddenly an angel^(A) of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.^(B)

⁹ Then I heard him speaking, and as I listened to him, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground.^(A)

¹⁰ A hand touched me^(B) and set me trembling on my hands and knees.^(C)

²¹ while I was still in prayer, Gabriel,^(A) the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.^(B)

¹⁹ He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath,^(A) because the vision concerns the appointed time^(B) of the end.^[a](C)