Acts 12:7
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| Overview - Acts 12 | |
| 1 | King Herod persecutes the Christians, kills James, and imprisons Peter; whom an angel delivers upon the prayers of the church. |
| 20 | Herod in his pride taking to himself the honour due to God, is stricken by an angel, and dies miserably. |
| 24 | After his death, the word of God prospers. |
| 25 | Saul and Barnabas return to Antioch. |
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Acts 12:7 (King James Version)
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
- the angel
- 23 ; 5:19 10:30 Acts 27:23 Acts 27:24 1 Kings 19:5 1 Kings 19:7 ; Psalms 34:7 ; Psalms 37:32 Psalms 37:33 Isaiah 37:30
- Daniel 6:22 ; Hebrews 1:14
- and a
- 9:3 2 Samuel 22:29 ; Ezekiel 43:2 ; Micah 7:9 ; Habakkuk 3:4 Habakkuk 3:11 ; Revelation 18:1
- Arise
- Genesis 19:15 Genesis 19:16 ; Isaiah 60:1 ; Ephesians 5:14
- And his
- The two chains with which his hands were fastened to those of the two soldiers between whom he slept. This, it appears, was the Roman method of securing a prisoner, and seems to be what is intimated in ver
- 6.
- 6 ; 2:24 16:26 Psalms 105:18-20 ; 107:14 116:16 Psalms 142:6 Psalms 142:7 146:7
- Daniel 3:24 Daniel 3:25