¹⁹ But during the night ^(A)an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said, ²⁰ “Go, stand and ^[a]speak to the people in the temple ^[b](B)the whole message of this Life.” ²¹ Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple ^(C)about daybreak and began to teach.

Now when ^(D)the high priest and his associates came, they called ^(E)the ^[c]Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought. ²² But ^(F)the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back, ²³ saying, “We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside.”

⁶ On ^[a]the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, ^(A)bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison. ⁷ And behold, ^(B)an angel of the Lord suddenly ^(C)appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And ^(D)his chains fell off his hands. ⁸ And the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and ^[b]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 continued to follow, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing ^(E)a vision. ¹⁰ When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which ^(F)opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. ¹¹ When Peter ^(G)came ^[c]to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that ^(H)the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all ^[d]that the Jewish people were expecting.”

²⁶ and suddenly ^(A)there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately ^(B)all the doors were opened and everyone’s ^(C)chains were unfastened.