1 It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" at|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" that|strong="G3588" King|strong="G3588" Herod|strong="G2264" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2596" ill-treat some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1577" the|strong="G1161" members of|strong="G1577" the|strong="G1161" church|strong="G1577".
2 He|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" James|strong="G2385", the|strong="G1161" brother of|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491", beheaded;
3 and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" were|strong="G1510" pleased with|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" proceeded|strong="G4369" to|strong="G2532" arrest|strong="G4815" Peter|strong="G4074" also|strong="G2532". (This|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" during the|strong="G2532" Festival of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" unleavened bread.)
4 After|strong="G3326" seizing|strong="G4084" Peter|strong="G4084", Herod|strong="G1014" put|strong="G5087" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438", and|strong="G2532" entrusted|strong="G3860" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" keeping|strong="G5442" of|strong="G2532" four|strong="G5064" Guards|strong="G5442" of|strong="G2532" four|strong="G5064" soldiers|strong="G4757" each|strong="G3326", intending|strong="G1014", after|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957", to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G3860" before|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992".
5 So|strong="G3767" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" kept|strong="G5083" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438", but|strong="G1161" meanwhile|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" prayers|strong="G4335" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" church|strong="G1577" were|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" earnestly|strong="G4335" offered to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" on|strong="G1722" his|strong="G4012" behalf|strong="G4012".
6 Just|strong="G1565" when|strong="G3753" Herod|strong="G2264" was|strong="G1510" intending|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" bring|strong="G4254" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G4253" the|strong="G1161" people|strong="G1510", on|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G1565" night|strong="G3571" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" asleep|strong="G2837" between|strong="G3342" two|strong="G1417" soldiers|strong="G4757", chained to|strong="G3195" them|strong="G3588" both|strong="G5037", while|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" sentries in|strong="G1161" front|strong="G4253" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" door|strong="G2374", guarding the|strong="G1161" prison|strong="G5438".
7 Suddenly|strong="G2400" an|strong="G2532" angel of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" stood|strong="G2186" by|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5457" shone|strong="G2989" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" cell|strong="G3612". The|strong="G1722" angel struck|strong="G3960" Peter|strong="G4074" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" side|strong="G4125", and|strong="G2532" roused him|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="G2532", ‘Get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" quickly|strong="G5034".’
8 The|strong="G2532" chains dropped from|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4160" wrists, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" angel said|strong="G3004", ‘Put|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1161" your|strong="G2532" belt and|strong="G2532" sandals|strong="G4547".’ When|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G3779" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160" so|strong="G3779", the|strong="G2532" angel added, ‘Throw your|strong="G2532" cloak|strong="G2440" round|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" follow|strong="G1161" me|strong="G1473".’
9 Peter|strong="G1831" followed|strong="G1096" him|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1831", not|strong="G3756" knowing|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" happening|strong="G1096" under|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" angel’s guidance was|strong="G1510" real, but|strong="G1161" thinking|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" seeing|strong="G1492" a|strong="G1096" vision|strong="G3705".
10 Passing|strong="G1330" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" Guard|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" iron|strong="G4603" gate|strong="G4439" leading|strong="G4413" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", which|strong="G3588" opened to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" itself; and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" passed|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" that|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" walked along|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" street|strong="G4505", all|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1909" once the|strong="G2532" angel left|strong="G1831" him|strong="G3588".
11 Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘Now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" beyond|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" doubt that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" sent|strong="G1821" his|strong="G1438" angel, and|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" rescued|strong="G1807" me|strong="G1473" from|strong="G1537" Herod|strong="G2264"’s|strong="G2962" hands|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" Jewish|strong="G2453" people|strong="G2992" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" expecting|strong="G4329".’
12 As|strong="G2532" soon as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" realized|strong="G4894" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137", the|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" known as|strong="G2532" Mark|strong="G3138", where|strong="G3757" a|strong="G2532" number|strong="G2425" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4867" together|strong="G1909", praying|strong="G4336".
13 On|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3588" knocking|strong="G2925" at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" door|strong="G2374" in|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" gate|strong="G4440", a|strong="G1161" maidservant, named|strong="G3686" Rhoda|strong="G4498", came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G4334" answer|strong="G5219" it|strong="G1161".
14 She|strong="G2532" recognized|strong="G1921" Peter|strong="G4074"’s voice|strong="G5456", but|strong="G1161" in|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588" joy|strong="G5479" left the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="G4440" unopened, and|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G1532" in|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" told them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G2476" outside|strong="G4253".
15 ‘You|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" mad|strong="G3105"!’ they|strong="G1161" exclaimed|strong="G3004". But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" she|strong="G1161" persisted that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" so|strong="G3779", they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", ‘It|strong="G1161" must|strong="G2192" be|strong="G1510" his|strong="G1438" spirit|strong="G3588"!’
16 Meanwhile|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1161" knocking|strong="G2925", and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" opened the|strong="G2532" gate and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839".
17 Peter|strong="G1831" signed to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1519" hand|strong="G5495" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" silent|strong="G4601", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" how|strong="G4459" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" had|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1806" him|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" prison|strong="G5438", adding, ‘Tell|strong="G3004" James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" others|strong="G2087" all|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778".’ Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G2532" house, and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" away|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" another|strong="G2087" place|strong="G5117".
18 In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" morning|strong="G2250" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3756" stir|strong="G5017" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" soldiers|strong="G4757" – what|strong="G5101" could|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1510" become|strong="G1096" of|strong="G2250" Peter|strong="G4074"!
19 And|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" Herod|strong="G2264" had|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1161" further search for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" failed to|strong="G1519" find|strong="G2147" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" closely questioned the|strong="G2532" Guard|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G2753" them|strong="G3588" away to|strong="G1519" execution. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449" to|strong="G1519" stay at|strong="G1519" Caesarea|strong="G2542".
20 It|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" Herod|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" deeply offended with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" of|strong="G1223" Tyre|strong="G5183" and|strong="G2532" Sidon|strong="G4606", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" body to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532", having|strong="G2532" succeeded in|strong="G1909" winning over|strong="G1909" Blastus, the|strong="G2532" Chamberlain|strong="G1909", they|strong="G2532" begged Herod|strong="G1510" for|strong="G1223" a|strong="G2532" reconciliation, because|strong="G1223" their|strong="G2532" country|strong="G5561" was|strong="G1510" dependent on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588"’s for|strong="G1223" its|strong="G1223" food supply.
21 On|strong="G1909" an|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="G5002" day|strong="G2250" Herod|strong="G2264", wearing|strong="G1746" his|strong="G1438" state robes|strong="G2066", seated|strong="G2523" himself|strong="G1438" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1438" throne, and|strong="G2532" delivered an|strong="G2532" oration|strong="G1215".
22 The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1218" kept|strong="G2532" shouting|strong="G2019", ‘It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G2532" person!’
23 Instantly an|strong="G2532" angel of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" struck|strong="G3960" him|strong="G3588", because|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" give|strong="G1325" God|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" attacked with|strong="G2532" worms|strong="G4662", and|strong="G2532" died|strong="G1634".
24 Meanwhile|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588"’s message|strong="G3056" kept|strong="G2532" extending, and|strong="G2532" spreading far|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" wide.
25 When|strong="G1161" Barnabas and|strong="G2532" Saul|strong="G4569" had|strong="G2532" carried|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1537" their|strong="G2532" mission|strong="G1248", they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" known as|strong="G1519" Mark|strong="G3138".