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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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"><title>Acts 12 GWT</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../topmenuchap/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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GWT</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">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>About that time King Herod devoted his attention to mistreating certain members of the church. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He had James, the brother of John, executed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When he saw how this pleased the Jews, he arrested Peter too. This happened during the days of Unleavened Bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>After capturing Peter, Herod had him thrown into prison with sixteen soldiers in squads of four to guard him. Herod wanted to bring Peter to trial in front of the people after Passover.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was praying very hard to God for him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The night before Herod was going to bring Peter to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. His hands were bound with two chains, and guards were in front of the door. They were watching the prison. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Suddenly, an angel from the Lord stood near Peter, and his cell was filled with light. The angel nudged Peter's side, woke him up, and said, "Hurry! Get up!" At that moment the chains fell from Peter's hands. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The angel told him, "Put your shoes on, and get ready to go!" Peter did this. Then the angel told him, "Put your coat on, and follow me." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Peter followed the angel out of the cell. He didn't realize that what the angel was doing was actually happening. He thought he was seeing a vision. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They passed the first and second guardposts and came to the iron gate that led into the city. This gate opened by itself for them, so they went outside and up the street. The angel suddenly left Peter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When Peter came to his senses, he said, "Now I'm sure that the Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people are expecting to happen to me." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Peter realized what had happened, he went to the home of Mary, the mother of John Mark. Many people had gathered at her home and were praying. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Peter knocked on the door of the entryway, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so happy that instead of opening the door, she ran back inside and reported, "Peter is standing at the door!" <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The people told her, "You're crazy!" But she insisted that Peter was at the door. They said, "It has to be his angel." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But Peter kept knocking. When they opened the door, they were shocked to see him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Peter motioned with his hand to quiet them down and told them how the Lord had taken him out of prison. He added, "Tell James and the other believers about this." Then he left and went somewhere else.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In the morning the soldiers were in an uproar over what had happened to Peter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Herod searched for Peter but couldn't find him. So he questioned the guards and gave orders to have them executed. Then Herod left Judea and went to Caesarea, where he stayed for a while.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They were going to meet with Herod. They had agreed on what they wanted to do: They enlisted the help of Blastus to ask Herod for terms of peace. This was because their cities depended on Herod for their food supply. (Blastus was in charge of the king's living quarters.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The appointed day came. Herod, wearing his royal clothes, sat on his throne and began making a speech to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The people started shouting, "The voice of a god and not of a man!" <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Immediately, an angel from the Lord killed Herod for not giving glory to God. Herod was eaten by maggots, and he died.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But God's word continued to spread and win many followers.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>After Barnabas and Saul delivered the contribution [to the leaders in Jerusalem], they returned [to Antioch] from Jerusalem. They brought John Mark with them.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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