- About that - time , - King Herod reached out ... ... to harm some who belonged to the church.
- {He had} James - , the brother of John - , put to death with the sword.
And seeing that (this) pleased the Jews , (Herod) proceeded ... to seize Peter - vvv during the - - Feast of Unleavened (Bread).
He arrested (him) and put (him) in prison , handing (him) over to be guarded ... by four squads of four soldiers (each). (Herod) intended to bring him out ... to the people after the Passover.
So - - Peter - was kept in - prison , but - the church was fervently praying ... to - God for him.
On (the) night - - (before) - Herod was to bring him (to trial) ... , Peter - was sleeping between two soldiers , bound with two chains , with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
Suddenly ... an angel of (the) Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. - He tapped - Peter - on the side (and) woke him up ... , saying , “ Get up vvv quickly. ” And - the chains fell off (his) wrists.
“ Get dressed and put on your - sandals , ” - said the angel - -. - Peter - did so , and (the angel) told him , “ Wrap your - cloak {around you} and follow me. ”
(So) (Peter -) followed him out , (but) vvv he was unaware that what - the angel was doing was real. He thought vvv he was only seeing a vision.
- They passed (the) first and second guards (and) came to the - iron gate - leading to the city , which opened for them by itself. (When) they had gone outside (and) walked the length of one block , - the angel suddenly left ... him.
Then - Peter - came to himself (and) said , “ Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His - angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and (from) everything the Jewish - people - were anticipating. ”
And (when) he had realized (this) , he went to the house of Mary the mother of John - , (also) called Mark - , where many (people) vvv had gathered together and were praying.
- He knocked (at) the vvv vvv outer gate , (and) a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer (it).
- When she recognized - Peter -’s - voice , vvv vvv she was so overjoyed (that) vvv she forgot to open the gate , but ran inside (and) announced - , “ Peter - is standing at the gate ! ”
“ You are out of your mind , ” - - they told ... her. But (when) - she kept insisting (it) was so , - - they said , “ It must be his - angel. ”
But - Peter - kept on knocking , and (when) they opened (the door) (and) saw him , - they were astounded.
- (Peter -) motioned with (his) hand for silence , (and) he described - how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “ Send word ... to James - and to the brothers , ” - he said , and he left for ... ... another place.
At daybreak ... there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what ... had become (of) - Peter -.
(After) Herod had searched for him vvv vvv (unsuccessfully) , he examined the guards (and) ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from - Jude -a to Caesarea (and) spent some time (there).
Now (Herod) was in a furious dispute (with the) people of Tyre and Sidon , and they convened ... before him. - Having secured the support of Blastus , - the king’s vvv vvv chamberlain , they asked for peace , because their - region depended on the king’s (country) - for food.
- On the appointed day , - Herod donned (his) royal (robes) , - sat on (his) throne , (and) addressed - (the people).
And - (they) began to shout , “ (This is the) voice of a god , - not a man ! ”
Immediately - , because ... vvv (Herod) did not give - glory - to God , an angel of (the) Lord struck him {down} , and he was eaten by worms (and) died.
But the word - of God continued to spread and multiply.
(When) Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled (their) mission to Jerusalem , they returned , bringing with (them) John - , (also) called Mark -.