³¹ And when they had prayed, ^(A)the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and ^(B)they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and ^(C)continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

⁵ So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest ^(A)prayer for him was made to God by the church.

Peter Is Rescued

⁶ Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, ^(B)bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. ⁷ And behold, ^(C)an angel of the Lord ^(D)stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. ^(E)He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And ^(F)the chains fell off his hands. ⁸ And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and ^(G)put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” ⁹ And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but ^(H)thought he was seeing a vision. ¹⁰ When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. ^(I)It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him. ¹¹ When Peter ^(J)came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that ^(K)the Lord has sent his angel and ^(L)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 ^(M)John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and ^(N)were praying. ¹³ And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, ^(O)a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. ¹⁴ Recognizing Peter's voice, ^(P)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 ^(Q)his angel!” ¹⁶ But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed. ¹⁷ But ^(R)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 ^(S)James and to ^(T)the brothers.”^[a] Then he departed and went to another place.

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

13 Now there were in the church at Antioch ^(A)prophets and ^(B)teachers, ^(C)Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,^[a] Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of ^(D)Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ² While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, ^(E)the Holy Spirit said, ^(F)“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul ^(G)for the work to which I have called them.” ³ Then after fasting and ^(H)praying they laid their hands on them and ^(I)sent them off.

The Philippian Jailer Converted

^25 (A)About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, ²⁶ and suddenly ^(B)there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately ^(C)all the doors were opened, and ^(D)everyone's bonds were unfastened.