¹⁰ After they had passed the first and the second guard, they came before the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went outside and walked along a lane, when suddenly the angel left him.^(A)

²⁶ Suddenly there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.^(A)

¹⁹ But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought them out, and said,^(A)

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

¹⁹ When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”^(A)

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

³⁴ They put him in custody because it was not clear what should be done to him.^(A)

¹⁷ And he put them all together in prison for three days.

³ and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.^(A)

The Message to Philadelphia

⁷ “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: