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Postulasagan 12
Icelandic Bible
Postulasagan 12
Icelandic Bible
12 Um þessar mundir lét Heródes konungur leggja hendur á nokkra úr söfnuðinum og misþyrma þeim.
2 Hann lét höggva Jakob bróður Jóhannesar með sverði.
3 Og er hann sá, að Gyðingum líkaði vel, lét hann einnig taka Pétur. Þá voru dagar ósýrðu brauðanna.
4 Þegar hann hafði handtekið hann, lét hann setja hann í fangelsi og fól fjórum fjögurra hermanna varðflokkum að gæta hans. Ætlaði hann eftir páska að leiða hann fram fyrir lýðinn.
5 Sat nú Pétur í fangelsinu, en söfnuðurinn bað heitt til Guðs fyrir honum.
6 Nóttina áður en Heródes ætlaði að leiða hann fram svaf Pétur milli tveggja hermanna, bundinn tveim fjötrum, og varðmenn fyrir dyrum úti gættu fangelsisins.
7 Allt í einu stóð engill Drottins hjá honum og ljós skein í klefanum. Laust hann á síðu Pétri, vakti hann og mælti: "Rís upp skjótt!" Og fjötrarnir féllu af höndum hans.
8 Þá sagði engillinn við hann: "Gyrð þig og bind á þig skóna!" Hann gjörði svo. Síðan segir engillinn: "Far þú í yfirhöfn þína og fylg mér!"
9 Hann gekk út og fylgdi honum. En ekki vissi hann, að það var raunverulegt, sem gjörst hafði við komu engilsins, hann hélt sig sjá sýn.
10 Þeir gengu nú fram hjá innri og ytri verðinum og komu að járnhliðinu, sem farið er um til borgarinnar. Laukst það upp af sjálfu sér fyrir þeim. Þeir fóru út um það og gengu eitt stræti, en þá hvarf engillinn allt í einu frá honum.
11 Þegar Pétur kom til sjálfs sín, sagði hann: "Nú veit ég sannlega, að Drottinn hefur sent engil sinn og bjargað mér úr hendi Heródesar og frá allri ætlan Gyðingalýðs."
12 Og er hann hafði áttað sig, gekk hann að húsi Maríu, móður Jóhannesar, er kallast Markús. Þar höfðu margir safnast saman og voru á bæn.
13 Hann knúði hurð fordyrisins, og stúlka að nafni Róde gekk til dyra.
14 Þegar hún þekkti málróm Péturs, gáði hún eigi fyrir fögnuði að ljúka upp fordyrinu, heldur hljóp inn og sagði, að Pétur stæði fyrir dyrum úti.
15 Þeir sögðu við hana: "Þú ert frávita." En hún stóð fast á því, að svo væri sem hún sagði. "Það er þá engill hans," sögðu þeir.
16 En Pétur hélt áfram að berja, og þegar þeir luku upp, sáu þeir hann og urðu furðu lostnir.
17 Hann benti þeim með hendinni að vera hljóðir, skýrði þeim frá, hvernig Drottinn hafði leitt hann út úr fangelsinu, og bað þá segja Jakobi og bræðrunum frá þessu. Síðan gekk hann út og fór í annan stað.
18 Þegar dagur rann, kom ekki lítið fát á hermennina út af því, hvað af Pétri væri orðið.
19 Heródes lét leita hans, en fann hann ekki. Hann lét þá yfirheyra varðmennina og bauð síðan að taka þá af lífi. Síðan fór hann úr Júdeu niður til Sesareu og sat þar um kyrrt.
20 Heródes hafði verið harla gramur Týrverjum og Sídóningum. Komu þeir saman á fund hans, fengu Blastus, stallara konungs, til fylgis við sig og báðust friðar, en land þeirra var háð landi konungs um vistaföng.
21 Á tilsettum degi klæddist Heródes konungsskrúða, settist í hásæti og flutti þeim ræðu.
22 En lýðurinn kallaði: "Guðs rödd er þetta, en eigi manns."
23 Jafnskjótt laust engill Drottins hann, sökum þess að hann gaf ekki Guði dýrðina. Hann varð ormétinn og dó.
24 En orð Guðs efldist og breiddist út.
25 Barnabas og Sál sneru aftur frá Jerúsalem að loknu erindi sínu og tóku með sér Jóhannes, öðru nafni Markús.
Acts 12
New International Version
Acts 12
New International Version
Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison
12 It was about this time that King Herod(A) arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John,(B) put to death with the sword.(C) 3 When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews,(D) he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.(E) 4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.(F)
5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.(G)
6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains,(H) and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel(I) of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.(J)
8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.(K) 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself,(L) and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
11 Then Peter came to himself(M) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me(N) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”
12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark,(O) where many people had gathered and were praying.(P) 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.(Q) 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed(R) she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”
15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”(S)
16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 Peter motioned with his hand(T) for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James(U) and the other brothers and sisters(V) about this,” he said, and then he left for another place.
18 In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19 After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.(W)
Herod’s Death
Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea(X) and stayed there. 20 He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon;(Y) they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply.(Z)
21 On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. 22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(AA) of the Lord struck him down,(AB) and he was eaten by worms and died.
24 But the word of God(AC) continued to spread and flourish.(AD)
Barnabas and Saul Sent Off
25 When Barnabas(AE) and Saul had finished their mission,(AF) they returned from[a] Jerusalem, taking with them John, also called Mark.(AG)
Footnotes
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