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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"><title>Acts 12 Smith's Literal Translation</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="../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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/acts/12-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">James Killed, Peter Imprisoned<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And at that time Herod the king laid hands upon to injure certain of the church. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added also to take Peter. (They were the days of unleavened bread.) <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And having seized, he put him in prison, having delivered to four quaternions of soldiers to watch him; wishing after the pascha to bring him to the people.<p> <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">The Rescue of Peter<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Truly therefore was Peter kept in prison: and prayer was made continually by the church to God for him.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And when Herod was about to bring him before, in that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the watch before the door kept the prison. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And, behold, the messenger of the Lord stood before, and a light shone in the dwelling: and having struck Peter's side, he raised him up, saying, Arise quickly. And his chains fell off from the hands. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the messenger said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy small sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Put round thy garment, and follow me. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And having come out, he followed him; and knew not that it is true that being done by the messenger; and seemed to see a vision. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And having passed by the first and second watch, they came to the iron gate leading to the city; which of its free will was opened to them: and having come out, they advanced one street; and quickly the messenger departed from him. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Peter being as himself, said, Now know I truly that the Lord sent his messenger, and took me out of the hands of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And being conscious, he came to the house of Mary mother of John, surnamed Mark; where were sufficient assembled, and praying. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Peter having knocked at the door of the gate, a young girl came near to listen, by name Rhoda. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And having known Peter's voice, from joy she opened not the gate, and running, announced Peter to stand before the gate. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And they said to her, Thou art mad. And she was strengthened to have it so. And they said, It is his messenger. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Peter continued knocking: and having opened, they saw him, and were moved. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And having shaken with the hand at them to be silent, he related to them how the Lord brought him out of prison. And he said, Announce these things to James, and the brethren. And having come out, he went to another place.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And it being day, not a little trouble was among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Herod having sought him, and not found, having examined the watch, commanded them to be removed. And having come down from Judea to Cesarea, he tarried.<p> <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">The Death of Herod<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Herod was fighting with violent animosity, with Tyrians and Sidonians: but they came unanimously to him, and having conciliated Blastus, him over the king's bed-chamber, they asked peace; for their country was nourished from the king's. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And upon a fixed day, Herod, having put on royal apparel, and having sat upon the judgment seat, harangued them. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the people called aloud, The voice of God, and not of man. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And immediately the messenger of the Lord struck him, because he gave not the glory to God: and eaten by worms, he expired.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the word of God increased and multiplied.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having completed the service, and taken with them John, surnamed Mark.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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