Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 12:9

9 Bǐdé jiù chūlai gēn zhe tā , bù zhīdào tiānshǐ suǒ zuò shì zhēn de , zhǐ dàng jiàn le yìxiàng .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 12:9 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 12:9

And he went out and followed him
He came out from between the two soldiers, and out of that apartment in the prison, in which he was, and followed the angel where he led him:

and wist not that it was true that was done by the angel;
not that he thought the angel was a mere apparition, and all this that was done was a delusion; but he did not know whether this was matter of fact, or whether it was, not represented to him in a visionary way, as what could be, or would be done:

but thought he saw a vision;
imagined he was in a dream or a trance, and only saw these things in a vision, and that they were not really done, the whole was so amazing and astonishing.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 12:9 In-Context

7 Hūrán yǒu zhǔ de yī gè shǐzhĕ , zhàn zaì pángbiān , wū lǐ yǒu guāng zhàoyào . tiānshǐ pāi Bǐdé de leì páng , pāi xǐng le tā , shuō , kuaì kuaì qǐlai . nà tiĕliàn jiù cóng tā shǒu shàng tuō luò xià lái .

8 Tiānshǐ duì tā shuō , shù shàng daìzi . chuān shàng xié . tā jiù nàyàng zuò . tiānshǐ yòu shuō , pī shàng waìyī gēn zhe wǒ lái .

9 Bǐdé jiù chūlai gēn zhe tā , bù zhīdào tiānshǐ suǒ zuò shì zhēn de , zhǐ dàng jiàn le yìxiàng .

10 Guō le dì yī céng , dì èr céng jiàn laó , jiù lái dào lín jiē de tiĕ mén . nà mén zìjǐ kāi le . tāmen chūlai , zǒu guō yī tiaó jiē , tiānshǐ biàn líkāi tā qù le .

11 Bǐdé xǐngwù guō lái , shuō , wǒ xiànzaì zhēn zhīdào zhǔ chāiqiǎn tāde shǐzhĕ , jiù wǒ tuōlí Xīlǜ de shǒu , hé Yóutaì bǎixìng yīqiè suǒ pànwàng de .