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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Acts 12 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/acts/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NRSVCE</a> > Acts 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/11.htm" title="Acts 11">◄</a> Acts 12 <a href="../acts/13.htm" title="Acts 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">James Killed and Peter Imprisoned</span></h3><p class="chapter-2"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>He had James, the brother of John, killed with the sword. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>After he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (This was during the festival of Unleavened Bread.) </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>When he had seized him, he put him in prison and handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>While Peter was kept in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Peter Delivered from Prison</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>The very night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>The angel said to him, “Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.” He did so. Then he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>Peter<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31607a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening with the angel’s help was real; he thought he was seeing a vision. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>After they had passed the first and the second guard, they came before the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went outside and walked along a lane, when suddenly the angel left him. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hands of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>As soon as he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many had gathered and were praying. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>When he knocked at the outer gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>On recognizing Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that, instead of opening the gate, she ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gate. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Meanwhile Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the gate, they saw him and were amazed. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>He motioned to them with his hand to be silent, and described for them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he added, “Tell this to James and to the believers.”<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31615b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> Then he left and went to another place.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>When morning came, there was no small commotion among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Death of Herod</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Now Herod<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31618c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him in a body; and after winning over Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for a reconciliation, because their country depended on the king’s country for food. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat on the platform, and delivered a public address to them. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>The people kept shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a mortal!” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>But the word of God continued to advance and gain adherents. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>Then after completing their mission Barnabas and Saul returned to<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-31623d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> Jerusalem and brought with them John, whose other name was Mark.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 12:9">Acts 12:9</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>He </i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 12:17">Acts 12:17</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>brothers</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 12:20">Acts 12:20</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>he</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Acts 12:25">Acts 12:25</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>from</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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