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YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
about that time ,
Herod the king put
forth his hands ,
to do
evil
to
certain of those
of
the assembly,
Now
about that time Herod the king stretched
forth his hands to vex
certain of the church.
and he killed James ,
the brother of John ,
with the sword ,
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword .
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
--
And because
he
saw
it pleased
the Jews, he proceeded
further
to take
Peter also .
(Then
were the days of unleavened bread.)
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.
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.
Peter ,
therefore ,
indeed,
was kept in the
prison ,
and
fervent
prayer was being
made by
the assembly
unto God for him ,
Peter therefore was kept in prison :
but
prayer was made without
ceasing
of
the church
unto God for him .
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 ,
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 .
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.
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.
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 ;'
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 .
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 ,
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 .
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.
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.
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
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 .
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.
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.
And Peter having
knocked at the door of the porch
, there
came
a damsel to hearken, by
name
Rhoda ,
And as
Peter knocked at the door of the gate
, a damsel came
to hearken, named
Rhoda .
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,
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.
and they said unto her, `
Thou art mad ;'
and
she was
confidently
affirming
`
it '
to
be
so ,
and
they
said, `
It is his messenger;'
And they said unto her, Thou art mad .
But
she constantly
affirmed
that
it was
even
so .
Then
said they
, It is his angel.
and
Peter was
continuing
knocking ,
and having
opened, they
saw him, and
were astonished ,
But
Peter continued
knocking :
and when
they
had
opened the
door
, and
saw him, they
were astonished .
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.
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.
And
day having
come
, there was not
a
little
stir among the soldiers what then
was become of Peter ,
Now
as
soon
as
it
was
day, there was no
small
stir among the soldiers ,
what was become of Peter .
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 '
.
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
.
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 ;
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.
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 upon
a set day Herod ,
arrayed in royal
apparel, sat upon his
throne
, and
made
an oration unto them .
and the populace
were
shouting
, `
The voice of a god, and not of a man ;'
And the people
gave
a
shout
, saying,
It
is
the voice of a god, and not of a man .
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
.
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
.
And
the word of God did
grow
and did
multiply,
But
the word of God grew
and multiplied.
and Barnabas and Saul did
turn
back
out
of
Jerusalem, having
fulfilled the
ministration
, having
taken
also
with `
them '
John, who
was surnamed
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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