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and he saith to him, ‘Put thy garment round and be following me;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and having passed through a first ward, and a second, they came unto the iron gate that is leading to the city, which of its own accord did open to them, and having gone forth, they went on through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Peter having come to himself, said, ‘Now I have known of a truth that the Lord did sent forth His messenger, and did deliver me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>also, having considered, he came unto the house of Mary, the mother of John, who is surnamed Mark, where there were many thronged together and praying. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and they said unto her, ‘Thou art mad;’ and she was confidently affirming [it] to be so, and they said, ‘It is his messenger;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and having beckoned to them with the hand to be silent, he declared to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison, and he said, ‘Declare to James and to the brethren these things;’ and having gone forth, he went on to another place.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And day having come, there was not a little stir among the soldiers what then was become of Peter, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command [them] to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Cesarea, he was abiding [there].</p> <p class="hdg">The Death of Herod</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one accord they came unto him, and having made a friend of Blastus, who [is] over the bed-chambers of the king, they were asking peace, because of their country being nourished from the king’s; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and the populace were 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>and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the word of God did grow and did multiply,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and Barnabas and Saul did turn back out of Jerusalem, having fulfilled the ministration, having taken also with [them] John, who was surnamed Mark.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/acts/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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