And behold, an angel of the Lord stood near him,[a] and a light shone in the prison cell. And striking Peter’s side, he woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly!”[b] And his chains fell off of his[c] hands. And the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and 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[d] was following him.[e] And he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but was thinking he was seeing a vision.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:7 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Acts 12:7 Literally “with quickness”
  3. Acts 12:7 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  4. Acts 12:9 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. Acts 12:9 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation