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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
About that time ,
King
Herod reached
out
to
harm
some
who
belonged
to the church.
Now
about that time Herod the
king
stretched
forth
his
hands
to vex
certain
of
the church.
He had
James ,
the brother of John ,
put
to
death
with the sword.
And
he killed
James the brother of John with the sword.
And seeing
that
this
pleased the Jews, Herod
proceeded to seize
Peter during
the Feast
of Unleavened Bread.
And because
he
saw
it
pleased the Jews, he
proceeded further
to take
Peter also.
(Then
were
the days
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
.
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.
So
Peter was kept in prison ,
but the church was
fervently
praying
to
God for him.
Peter therefore
was kept in prison :
but prayer
was
made
without
ceasing
of
the church unto
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.
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.
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 quickly. ”
And the
chains fell off his wrists
.
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
.
“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. ”
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.
So
Peter
followed
him
out, but
he
was
unaware
that what
the
angel
was doing
was real.
He
thought he was
only
seeing
a vision.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
.
And when he had realized
this
, he went
to the house of Mary the mother of John, also
called
Mark ,
where many people
had
gathered together and
were
praying.
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.
He
knocked at the outer
gate, and
a servant
girl
named
Rhoda
came to answer
it
.
And
as
Peter
knocked at the door
of
the
gate, a damsel
came to hearken,
named
Rhoda
.
When she recognized
Peter’s
voice, she was
so
overjoyed
that
she
forgot
to
open
the gate, but ran inside
and
announced
, “
Peter is
standing
at
the gate !”
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 .
“You
are
out
of
your
mind,”
they told
her. But when
she kept
insisting
it was so ,
they
said, “
It must
be
his angel. ”
And
they said
unto
her ,
Thou
art
mad
. But she constantly
affirmed
that
it was even
so .
Then
said they
, It is
his angel.
But Peter kept
on
knocking ,
and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded
.
But Peter continued
knocking :
and when they had
opened the door ,
and saw him, they were astonished
.
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.
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.
At
daybreak
there was no small commotion
among the soldiers as
to
what had
become of Peter.
Now
as
soon
as
it
was
day,
there was no small stir
among the soldiers ,
what was
become of Peter.
After
Herod had searched
for him unsuccessfully
, he examined the guards
and ordered
that they be executed
. Then
he went down from Judea
to Caesarea and spent
some
time
there.
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
.
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
chamberlain, they
asked
for
peace ,
because their region
depended
on
the king’s
country for
food
.
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.
On
the
appointed
day ,
Herod donned
his
royal robes
, sat on
his throne, and addressed
the
people
.
And
upon
a
set
day Herod ,
arrayed
in
royal apparel
, sat upon
his throne, and made
an
oration
unto
them
.
And they
began
to
shout, “This
is the voice of a god, not a man !”
And the
people
gave
a
shout, saying,
It
is the voice of a god, and
not of
a man .
Immediately ,
because
Herod
did
not
give
glory
to
God,
an
angel of the Lord struck
him down
, and he was eaten by
worms and died
.
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
.
But the word of God continued
to
spread
and multiply
.
But the word of God grew
and multiplied
.
When
Barnabas and Saul had
fulfilled
their
mission
to
Jerusalem, they returned
, bringing
with them John, also
called
Mark.
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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