Dual Panel1About <2596> that <1565> time <2540> King <935> Herod <2264> laid <1911> hands <5495> on some <5100> from <575> the church <1577> to harm <2559> them.
2He had <337> James <2385>, the brother <80> of John <2491>, executed <337> with a sword <3162>.
3When <1492> he saw <1492> that <3754> this pleased <701> the Jews <2453>, he proceeded <4369> to arrest <4815> Peter <4074> too. (This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread <106>.)
4When <4084> he had seized <4084> him, he put <5087> him in <1519> prison <5438>, handing <3860> him over <3860> to <5069> four <5064> squads <5069> of soldiers <4757> to guard <5442> him <846>. Herod planned <1014> to bring <321> him <846> out <321> for public trial <2992> after <3326> the Passover <3957>.
5So <3767> Peter <4074> was kept <5083> in <1722> prison <5438>, but <1161> those in <5259> the church <1577> were <1510> earnestly <1619> praying <4335> to <4314> God <2316> for <4012> him <846>.
6On <3753> that <1565> very night <3571> before Herod <2264> was going <3195> to bring <4317> him <846> out <4317> for trial, Peter <4074> was sleeping <2837> between <3342> two <1417> soldiers <4757>, bound <1210> with two <1417> chains <254>, while guards <5441> in front of <4253> the door <2374> were keeping watch over <5083> the prison <5438>.
7Suddenly <2400> an angel <32> of the Lord <2962> appeared <2186>, and <2532> a light <5457> shone <2989> in <1722> the prison cell <3612>. He struck <3960> Peter <4074> on the side <4125> and woke <1453> him <846> up <1453>, saying <3004>, “Get up <450> quickly <5034>!” And <2532> the chains <254> fell off <1601> Peter’s <846> wrists <5495>.
8The angel <32> said <2036> to <4314> him <846>, “Fasten your belt <2224> and <2532> put on <5265> your <4675> sandals <4547>.” Peter did <4160> so <3779>. Then <2532> the angel said <3004> to him <846>, “Put on <4016> your <4675> cloak <2440> and <2532> follow <190> me <3427>.”
9Peter went out <1831> and <2532> followed <190> him; he did <1492> not <3756> realize <1492> that <3754> what was happening <1096> through <1223> the angel <32> was real, but thought <1380> he was seeing <991> a vision <3705>.
10After <1330> they had passed <1330> the first <4413> and <2532> second <1208> guards <5438>, they came <2064> to <1909> the iron <4603> gate <4439> leading <5342> into <1519> the city <4172>. It opened <455> for them <846> by itself <844>, and <2532> they went outside <1831> and walked down <4281> one <1520> narrow street <4505>, when at once <2112> the angel <32> left <868> him <846>.
11When <2532> Peter <4074> came <1096> to <1722> himself <1438>, he said <2036>, “Now <3568> I know <1492> for certain <230> that <3754> the Lord <2962> has sent <1821> his <846> angel <32> and <2532> rescued <1807> me <3165> from <1537> the hand <5495> of Herod <2264> and <2532> from everything <3956> the Jewish <2453> people <2992> were expecting to happen <4329>.”
12When Peter realized <4894> this, he went <2064> to <1909> the house <3614> of Mary <3137>, the mother <3384> of John <2491> Mark <3138>, where <3757> many <2425> people had <1510> gathered together <4867> and <2532> were praying <4336>.
13When <2925> he <846> knocked <2925> at the door <2374> of the outer gate <4440>, a slave girl <3814> named <3686> Rhoda <4498> answered <5219>.
14When <2532> she recognized <1921> Peter’s <4074> voice <5456>, she was so overjoyed <5479> she did <455> not <3756> open <455> the gate <4440>, but <1161> ran back in <1532> and told <518> them that Peter <4074> was standing <2476> at <4253> the gate <4440>.
15But <1161> they said <3004> to <4314> her <846>, “You’ve lost <3105> your mind <3105>!” But <1161> she kept insisting <1340> that <3779> it was <2192> Peter <3779>, and <1161> they kept saying <3004>, “It is <1510> his <846> angel <32>!”
16Now Peter <4074> continued <1961> knocking <2925>, and <1161> when <455> they opened <455> the door and <2532> saw <3708> him <846>, they were greatly astonished <1839>.
17He motioned <2678> to them <846> with his hand <5495> to be quiet <4601> and then related <1334> how <4459> the Lord <2962> had brought <1806> him <846> out of <1537> the prison <5438>. He said <2036>, “Tell <518> James <2385> and <2532> the brothers <80> these things <5023>,” and <2532> then <1831> he left <1831> and went <4198> to <1519> another <2087> place <5117>.
18At daybreak <1096> <2250> there was <1510> great <3756> <3641> consternation <5017> among <1722> the soldiers <4757> over what <5101> had become <1096> of Peter <4074>.
19When <1934> Herod <2264> had searched for <1934> him <846> and <2532> did <2147> not <3361> find <2147> him, he questioned <350> the guards <5441> and commanded <2753> that they be led away to execution <520>. Then <2532> Herod went down <2718> from <575> Judea <2449> to <1519> Caesarea <2542> and stayed <1304> there.
20Now <1161> Herod <1510> was having an angry quarrel <2371> with the people of Tyre <5183> and <2532> Sidon <4606>. So they joined together <3661> and <1161> presented <3918> themselves before <4314> him <846>. And <2532> after convincing <3982> Blastus <986>, the king’s <935> personal assistant <2846>, to help them <846>, they asked <154> for peace <1515>, because <1223> their country’s food supply was provided <5142> by <575> the king’s <937> country <5561>.
21On a day <2250> determined in advance <5002>, Herod <2264> put on <1746> his royal <937> robes <2066>, sat down <2523> on <1909> the judgment seat <968>, and made a speech <1215> to <4314> them <846>.
22But <1161> the crowd <1218> began to shout <2019>, “The voice <5456> of a god <2316>, and <2532> not <3756> of a man <444>!”
23Immediately <3916> an angel <32> of the Lord <2962> struck <3960> Herod <846> down <3960> because <473> he did <1325> not <3756> give <1325> the glory <1391> to God <2316>, and <2532> he was <1096> eaten by worms <4662> and died <1634>.
24But <1161> the word <3056> of God <2962> kept on increasing <837> and <2532> multiplying <4129>.
25So <1161> Barnabas <921> and <2532> Saul <4569> returned <5290> to <1519> Jerusalem <2419> when <4137> they had completed <4137> their mission <1248>, bringing along <4838> with them John <2491> Mark <3138>.