Acts 12:6-25.
Acts 12:6-25
Peter Is Rescued
"The night before Peter was to be put on trial, he was asleep and
bound by two chains. A soldier was guarding him on each side, and two
other soldiers were guarding the entrance to the jail. Suddenly an
angel from the Lord appeared, and light flashed around in the cell.
The angel poked Peter in the side and woke him up. Then he said,
"Quick! Get up!" The chains fell off his hands, and the angel said,
"Get dressed and put on your sandals." Peter did what he was told.
Then the angel said, "Now put on your coat and follow me." Peter left
with the angel, but he thought everything was only a dream. They went
past the two groups of soldiers, and when they came to the iron gate
to the city, it opened by itself. They went out and were going along
the street, when all at once the angel disappeared.
Peter now realized what had happened, and he said, "I am certain that
the Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod and from everything
the Jewish leaders planned to do to me." Then Peter went to the house
of Mary the mother of John whose other name was Mark. Many of the
Lord's followers had come together there and were praying. Peter
knocked on the gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer. When
she heard Peter's voice, she was too excited to open the gate. She ran
back into the house and said that Peter was standing there.
"You are crazy!" everyone told her. But she kept saying that it was
Peter. Then they said, "It must be his angel." But Peter kept on
knocking, until finally they opened the gate. They saw him and were
completely amazed. Peter motioned for them to keep quiet. Then he told
how the Lord had led him out of jail. He also said, "Tell James and
the others what has happened." After that, he left and went somewhere
else. The next morning the soldiers who had been on guard were
terribly worried and wondered what had happened to Peter. Herod
ordered his own soldiers to search for him, but they could not find
him. Then he questioned the guards and had them put to death. After
this, Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while.
Herod Dies
Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon were very angry with each
other. But their country got its food supply from the region that he
ruled. So a group of them went to see Blastus, who was one of Herod's
high officials. They convinced Blastus that they wanted to make peace
between their cities and Herod, and a day was set for them to meet
with him. Herod came dressed in his royal robes. He sat down on his
throne and made a speech. The people shouted, "You speak more like a
god than a man!" At once an angel from the Lord struck him down
because he took the honor that belonged to God. Later, Herod was eaten
by worms and died. God's message kept spreading. And after Barnabas
and Saul had done the work they were sent to do, they went back to
Jerusalem with John, whose other name was Mark."
God bless you.
Peter Is Rescued
"The night before Peter was to be put on trial, he was asleep and
bound by two chains. A soldier was guarding him on each side, and two
other soldiers were guarding the entrance to the jail. Suddenly an
angel from the Lord appeared, and light flashed around in the cell.
The angel poked Peter in the side and woke him up. Then he said,
"Quick! Get up!" The chains fell off his hands, and the angel said,
"Get dressed and put on your sandals." Peter did what he was told.
Then the angel said, "Now put on your coat and follow me." Peter left
with the angel, but he thought everything was only a dream. They went
past the two groups of soldiers, and when they came to the iron gate
to the city, it opened by itself. They went out and were going along
the street, when all at once the angel disappeared.
Peter now realized what had happened, and he said, "I am certain that
the Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod and from everything
the Jewish leaders planned to do to me." Then Peter went to the house
of Mary the mother of John whose other name was Mark. Many of the
Lord's followers had come together there and were praying. Peter
knocked on the gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer. When
she heard Peter's voice, she was too excited to open the gate. She ran
back into the house and said that Peter was standing there.
"You are crazy!" everyone told her. But she kept saying that it was
Peter. Then they said, "It must be his angel." But Peter kept on
knocking, until finally they opened the gate. They saw him and were
completely amazed. Peter motioned for them to keep quiet. Then he told
how the Lord had led him out of jail. He also said, "Tell James and
the others what has happened." After that, he left and went somewhere
else. The next morning the soldiers who had been on guard were
terribly worried and wondered what had happened to Peter. Herod
ordered his own soldiers to search for him, but they could not find
him. Then he questioned the guards and had them put to death. After
this, Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while.
Herod Dies
Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon were very angry with each
other. But their country got its food supply from the region that he
ruled. So a group of them went to see Blastus, who was one of Herod's
high officials. They convinced Blastus that they wanted to make peace
between their cities and Herod, and a day was set for them to meet
with him. Herod came dressed in his royal robes. He sat down on his
throne and made a speech. The people shouted, "You speak more like a
god than a man!" At once an angel from the Lord struck him down
because he took the honor that belonged to God. Later, Herod was eaten
by worms and died. God's message kept spreading. And after Barnabas
and Saul had done the work they were sent to do, they went back to
Jerusalem with John, whose other name was Mark."
God bless you.
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