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Striking Peter on the side, he woke him up and said, “Quick, get up! ” And the chains fell off his wrists.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Get dressed,” the angel told him, “and put on your sandals.” And he did. “Wrap your cloak around you,” he told him, “and follow me.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what the angel did was really happening, but he thought he was seeing a vision.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>After they passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went outside and passed one street, and suddenly the angel left him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As soon as he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> where many had assembled and were praying. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He knocked at the door of the outer gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the outer gate.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“You’re out of your mind! ” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true, and they said, “It’s his angel.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Peter, however, kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Motioning to them with his hand<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Tell these things to James<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.17.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and the brothers,” he said, and he left and went to another place.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>At daylight, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Herod’s Death</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they presented themselves before him. After winning over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>On an appointed day, dressed in royal robes and seated on the throne, Herod delivered a speech to them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man! ” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>At once an angel of the Lord<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.23.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But the word of God spread and multiplied.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.12.25" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>After they had completed their relief mission, Barnabas and Saul returned to<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Acts.12.25.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Jerusalem, taking along John who was called Mark.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.12.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Acts.12" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Acts.12.25.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.25">12:25</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">from</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Acts.12" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.2">12:2</a></span> Mt 4:21; 20:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.3">12:3</a></span> Ex 12:15; 23:15; Ac 12:5; 20:6; 24:27; 25:9; 2Co 1:11; Eph 6:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.7">12:7</a></span> Lk 1:11; Col 4:1; Jd 5</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.7">12:7</a></span> Lk 2:9; 5:19; 16:26; 24:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.9">12:9</a></span> Ps 126:1; Ac 9:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.10">12:10</a></span> Ac 5:19; 16:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.11">12:11</a></span> Ps 33:18–19; 34:7; Dn 3:28; 6:22; Lk 15:17; 2Co 1:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.12">12:12</a></span> Ac 12:25; 15:37,39; Col 4:10; 2Tm 4:11; Phm 24; 1Pt 5:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.13">12:13-15</a></span> Mt 18:10; Lk 24:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.17">12:17</a></span> Ac 13:16; 19:33; 21:40</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.17.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.17">12:17</a></span> Ac 15:13; 21:18; Gl 1:19; 2:9,12</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.19">12:19</a></span> Ac 8:40; 16:27; 27:42</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.20">12:20</a></span> 1Kg 5:11; Ezr 3:7; Ezk 27:17; Mt 11:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.23">12:23</a></span> Lk 1:11; Col 4:1; Jd 5</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.23.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.23">12:23</a></span> 1Sm 25:38; 2Sm 24:16–17; Ps 115:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.24">12:24</a></span> Ac 6:7; 19:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.12.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.12.25">12:25</a></span> Ac 4:36; 11:30; 12:12</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Acts.12" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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