Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
About that time, King
Herod reached
out
to harm
some
who
belonged
to the church.
And
about that time, Herod the
king
put
forth
his
hands,
to do
evil
to certain
of
those
of
the assembly,
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 having
seen
that it
is
pleasing
to
the Jews, he
added
to lay
hold
of
Peter also
--
and
they
were
the days
of the
unleavened food
--
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
.
whom
also
having
seized,
he did
put in prison, having
delivered
`
him '
to four quaternions
of soldiers to guard
him,
intending
after
the
passover
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,
indeed,
was kept in the
prison, and
fervent
prayer
was being
made
by
the
assembly
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 was about
to bring him forth
, the
same
night
was Peter
sleeping between two soldiers, having
been
bound with two chains, guards
also
before
the door
were
keeping
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
lo,
a
messenger
of the Lord stood
by,
and a light shone in the buildings,
and
having
smitten
Peter on the side ,
he
raised
him up, saying, `Rise
in
haste,'
and his
chains fell from
off `
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 .”
The
messenger
also
said
to
him,
`Gird
thyself,
and bind
on thy
sandals ;'
and
he
did so ;
and he
saith
to
him, `Put
thy
garment
round
and be
following
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
having
gone
forth
, he was following
him,
and
he
knew
not
that it
is
true
that
which
is
done
through
the messenger,
and
was thinking
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.
and
having
passed through
a
first ward,
and a
second ,
they
came unto
the iron gate that
is
leading to the city, which of
its
own
accord
did
open
to
them ,
and having
gone
forth,
they
went
on
through
one street
, and
immediately
the messenger
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
Peter having
come
to himself ,
said, `
Now I have
known
of
a
truth
that the Lord did
sent forth
His messenger,
and did
deliver
me out
of
the
hand
of
Herod,
and 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.
also
, having
considered,
he came
unto
the house of Mary ,
the mother of John, who
is
surnamed
Mark, where there
were
many thronged
together and praying.
He
knocked at the outer
gate
, and
a
servant
girl
named
Rhoda
came to answer
it.
And
Peter
having
knocked at the door
of
the
porch
, there
came a
damsel
to hearken,
by
name
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
having
known
the
voice of
Peter
, from
the
joy
she did
not
open the porch
, but having
run
in
, told
of
the
standing of
Peter
before
the porch,
“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;'
and
she was confidently
affirming
`it'
to
be
so, and
they said, `
It is
his messenger;'
But
Peter kept
on
knocking, and when
they
opened the
door
and
saw him, they
were astounded.
and
Peter was
continuing
knocking, and having
opened ,
they
saw him, and
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.
and
having
beckoned
to
them
with the
hand to
be
silent
, he declared
to
them
how the Lord brought him out of the prison ,
and
he
said,
`Declare
to James and to the brethren
these
things;'
and having
gone
forth,
he went
on
to
another place.
At
daybreak
there was no
small
commotion
among the soldiers as
to
what had
become of Peter .
And
day
having
come,
there was not
a
little
stir
among the soldiers what then
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
Herod having
sought
for him, and
not
having
found,
having
examined the guards ,
did
command
`them'
to
be led
away
to
punishment,
and
having
gone
down from Judea to Cesarea,
he
was
abiding
`
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
chamberlain
, they asked
for
peace, because their region
depended
on
the
king’s
country for
food.
And
Herod was highly
displeased
with the Tyrians
and Sidonians
, and with
one
accord
they came
unto
him ,
and
having made
a
friend
of Blastus, who
`is'
over
the bed-chambers
of
the
king
, they were
asking
peace, because of
their country being
nourished
from
the
king's;
On the
appointed
day, Herod donned
his
royal
robes,
sat
on
his
throne
, and addressed
the people.
and
on a
set
day, Herod having
arrayed
himself
in
kingly
apparel
, and having
sat
down
upon
the tribunal,
was
making
an
oration
unto
them,
And they
began
to
shout
, “This
is
the voice of a god, not a man !”
and the
populace
were
shouting
, `
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
presently
there
smote
him
a
messenger
of
the
Lord
, because he
did not give the
glory to God, and having
been
eaten of
worms ,
he
expired
.
But
the word of God continued
to
spread
and multiply .
And
the word of God did
grow
and did
multiply ,
When
Barnabas and Saul had
fulfilled
their
mission
to
Jerusalem, they
returned
, bringing
with them John, also
called
Mark.
and
Barnabas and Saul did
turn
back
out
of
Jerusalem, having
fulfilled
the
ministration
, having
taken
also
with `
them '
John, who
was
surnamed
Mark.
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