Acts 12:7-11

7 And behold, ¹an angel of the Lord suddenly ²appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter's side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly." And ³his chains fell off his hands.

8 And the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me."

9 And he went out and continued to follow, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing ⁴a vision.

10 When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which ⁵opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

11 When Peter ⁶came to himself, he said, "Now I know for sure that ⁷the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 5:19
• 2. Luke 2:9; Luke 24:4
• 3. Acts 16:26
• 4. Acts 9:10
• 5. Acts 5:19; Acts 16:26
• 6. Luke 15:17
• 7. Daniel 3:28; Daniel 6:22

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "bind"
• [b]. Lit "in himself"
• [c]. Lit "the expectation of the people of the Jews"