Acts 12:11-19

English Standard Version

¹¹ When Peter ^(A)came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that ^(B)the Lord has sent his angel and ^(C)rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

¹² When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of ^(D)John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and ^(E)were praying. ¹³ And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, ^(F)a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. ¹⁴ Recognizing Peter's voice, ^(G)in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate. ¹⁵ They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is ^(H)his angel!” ¹⁶ But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed. ¹⁷ But ^(I)motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to ^(J)James and to ^(K)the brothers.”^[a] Then he departed and went to another place.

¹⁸ Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. ¹⁹ And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ^(L)ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.