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On the verynightwhenHerod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleepingbetweentwosoldiers, 1bound with twochains, and guards in front of the door were watchingover the prison.
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And behold, 2an angel of the Lord suddenly 3appeared and a lightshone in the cell; and he struckPeter'sside and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly." And 4his chainsfelloff his hands.
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And the angelsaid to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals." And he didso. And he said to him, "Wrap your cloakaround you and follow me."
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And he went out and continued to follow, and he did not know that what was beingdone by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing5a vision.
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When they had passed the first and secondguard, they came to the irongate that leads into the city, which6opened for them by itself; and they went out and wentalongonestreet, and immediately the angeldeparted from him.
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When Peter7came to himself, he said, "Now I know for sure that 8the Lord has sentforth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewishpeople were expecting."
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And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of 9John who was also calledMark, wheremany were gatheredtogether and 10were praying.
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When he knocked at the door of the gate, 11a servant-girlnamedRhodacame to answer.
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When she recognizedPeter'svoice, 12because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
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They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, "It is 13his angel."
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But Petercontinuedknocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.