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Acts 12
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- 12:1
Now
about
that
time
Herod the
king stretched
forth his
hands to
vex
certain
of the
church.
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- 12:2
And he
killed
James the
brother of
John with the
sword.
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- 12:3
And because he
saw
it
pleased
* the
Jews, he proceeded
further to
take
Peter
also.
* (Then
were the
days of unleavened
bread.)
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- 12:4
And
when he had
apprehended him, he
put him
in
prison, and
delivered him to
four
quaternions of
soldiers to
keep
him;
intending
after
Easter to
bring
him
forth to the
people.
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- 12:5
Peter
*
therefore was
kept
in
prison:
but
prayer
was
made without
ceasing
of the
church
unto
God
for
him.
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- 12:6
And
when
Herod
would have
brought
him
forth, the
same
night
Peter
was
sleeping
between
two
soldiers,
bound with
two
chains:
and the
keepers
before the
door
kept the
prison.
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- 12:7
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.
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- 12:8
And the
angel
said
unto
him, Gird
thyself,
and bind
on
thy
sandals.
And
so he
did.
And he
saith unto
him,
Cast thy
garment
about
thee,
and
follow
me.
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- 12:9
And he went
out, and
followed
him;
and
wist
not
that it
was
true
which was
done
by the
angel;
but
thought he
saw a
vision.
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- 12:10
When they were
past the
first
and the
second
ward, they
came
unto the
iron
gate that
leadeth
unto the
city;
which
opened to
them of his own
accord:
and they went
out, and passed on
through
one
street;
and
forthwith the
angel
departed
from
him.
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- 12:11
And when
Peter was
come
to
himself, he
said,
Now I
know of a
surety,
that the
Lord hath
sent
his
angel,
and hath
delivered
me out
of the
hand of
Herod,
and from
all the
expectation of the
people of the
Jews.
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- 12:12
And when he had
considered the thing, he
came
to the
house of
Mary the
mother of
John, whose surname
was
Mark;
where
many
were gathered
together
praying
*.
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- 12:13
And as
Peter knocked
at the
door of the
gate, a
damsel
came to
hearken,
named
Rhoda.
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- 12:14
And when she
knew
Peter's
voice, she
opened
not the
gate
for
gladness,
but ran
in, and told
how
Peter
stood
before the
gate.
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- 12:15
And they
said
unto
her, Thou art
mad.
But she constantly
affirmed that it
was even
so.
Then said
they, It
is
his
angel.
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- 12:16
But
Peter
continued
knocking:
and when they had
opened the door, and
saw
him
*, they were
astonished.
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- 12:17
But he,
beckoning unto
them with the
hand to hold their
peace,
declared unto
them
how the
Lord had
brought
him out
of the
prison.
And he
said, Go
shew these
things unto
James,
and to the
brethren.
And he
departed, and
went
into
another
place.
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- 12:18
Now as soon as it
was
day, there
was
no
small
stir
among the
soldiers,
what
was
become of
Peter.
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- 12:19
And
when
Herod had sought
for
him,
and found
him
not, he
examined the
keepers, and
commanded that they should be put to
death.
And he went
down
from
Judaea
to
Caesarea, and there
abode.
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- 12:20
And
Herod
was highly
displeased with them of
Tyre
and
Sidon:
but they
came with one
accord
to
him,
and, having
made
Blastus the
king's
chamberlain
their
friend,
desired
peace;
because
their
country was
nourished
by the
king's country.
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- 12:21
And upon a
set
day
Herod,
arrayed in
royal
apparel,
sat
upon his
throne,
and made an
oration
unto
them.
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- 12:22
And the
people gave a
shout, saying, It is the
voice of a
god,
and
not of a
man.
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- 12:23
And
immediately the
angel of the
Lord
smote
him,
because
he
gave
not
God the
glory:
and he
was eaten of
worms, and gave up the
ghost.
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- 12:24
But the
word of
God
grew
and
multiplied.
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- 12:25
And
Barnabas
and
Saul
returned
from
Jerusalem, when they had
fulfilled their
ministry,
and took with
them
John, whose surname
was
Mark.
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