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NowaboutthattimeHerod the king stretched forth his hands to vexcertainof the church.
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And he killedJames the brother of John with the sword.
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And because he sawitpleased* the Jews, he proceeded further to takePeteralso.* (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
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Andwhen he had apprehended him, he put him inprison, and delivered him to fourquaternions of soldiers to keephim;intendingafterEaster to bringhimforth to the people.
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Peter*therefore was keptinprison:butprayerwasmade without ceasingof the churchuntoGodforhim.
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AndwhenHerodwould have broughthimforth , the samenightPeterwassleepingbetweentwosoldiers,bound with twochains:and the keepersbefore the doorkept the prison.
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And,behold , the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a lightshinedin the prison:and he smotePeter on the side, and raisedhimup , saying , Arise upquickly*. Andhischains fell offfrom his hands.
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And the angelsaiduntohim, Gird thyself , and bind onthysandals.Andso he did . And he saith unto him,Cast thy garmentaboutthee,andfollowme.
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And he went out , and followedhim;andwistnotthat it wastruewhich was doneby the angel;butthought he saw a vision.
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When they were past the firstand the secondward, they cameunto the irongate that leadethunto the city;whichopened to them of his own accord:and they went out , and passed on throughonestreet;andforthwith the angeldepartedfromhim.
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And when Peter was cometohimself, he said , Now I know of a surety,that the Lord hath senthisangel,and hath deliveredme out of the hand of Herod,and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.