Acts 12:1-8 ▼

1 At that time Herod the king undertook to afflict some of the church.

2 And he slew with the sword James the brother of John.

3 And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he apprehended Peter also. Those were the days of unleavened bread.

4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four tetrads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the passover.

5 Therefore, Peter was kept in prison; but fervent prayer to God was made for him by the church.

6 When Herod was about to bring him out, on that night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the doors were guarding the prison.

7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. And he gently struck Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying: Arise quickly; and his chains fell from his hands.

8 And the angel said to him: Gird your self, and bind on your sandals; and he did so. And he said to him: Throw your mantle around you, and follow me.