Acts 12:6-10

Expanded Bible

Peter Released by an Angel

⁶ The night before Herod was to bring him ·to trial [^Lout; ^Ceither for trial or for execution], Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Other soldiers were guarding the door of the jail. ⁷ Suddenly, an angel of the Lord stood there, and a light shined in the cell. The angel ·struck [tapped; poked] Peter on the side and woke him up. “Hurry! Get up!” the angel said. And the chains fell off Peter’s ·hands [wrists]. ⁸ Then the angel told him, “·Get dressed [or Put on your belt] and put on your sandals.” And Peter did. Then the angel said, “·Put on your coat [^LWrap your coat/cloak around you] and follow me.” ⁹ So Peter followed him out, but he did not know if what the angel was doing was real; he thought he might be seeing a vision. ¹⁰ They went past the first and second guards and came to the iron gate that ·separated them from [^Lled to] the city. The gate opened by itself for them, and they went through it. When they had walked down one street, the angel suddenly left him.