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          DASV: Acts 12    

1 Now about that time King Herod Agrippa laid hands on some
of the church to persecute them.
2 He had James, the brother of John, killed with the sword.
3 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to
arrest Peter too. This happened during the days of the
feast of Unleavened Bread.
4 When he had seized him, he put him in prison, and handed
him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending
after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

5 So Peter was kept in the prison, but the church prayed
earnestly to God for him.
6 On the night before Herod was going to bring him out,
Peter was sleeping bound with two chains between two soldiers.
The guards kept watch at the door of the prison.
7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light
shone in the prison cell and he tapped Peter on the side,
and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly," and his
chains fell off his wrists.
8 Then the angel told him, "Get dressed, and put on your
sandals." So he did it. Then he told him, "Wrap your
cloak around you and follow me."
9 So Peter went out and followed. He did not know whether
what was being done by the angel was actually happening
but thought he was seeing a vision.
10 When they were past the first and second guard, they
came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened
to them on its own and they went out, and passed down
one street, and suddenly the angel left him.
11 When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I know
for sure that the Lord has sent his angel and delivered
me from the hand of Herod, and from all that the people
of the Jews were expecting to happen."

12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary
the mother of John, who was called Mark, where many
had gathered and were praying.
13 When he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named
Rhoda came to answer.
14 When she recognized Peter's voice, she did not even
open the gate for joy, but ran in, and announced that
Peter was standing at the gate.
15 They said to her, "Are you crazy?" But she confidently
insisted that it was so. They continued saying, "It is
his angel."
16 But Peter continued knocking. When they opened the
door, they saw him and were astonished.
17 But he, motioning to them with his hand to be quiet,
told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison.
He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers."
Then he left and went to another place.
18 Now at daybreak, there was no small commotion among
the soldiers, over what had become of Peter.

19 When Herod searched for him and did not find him, he
interrogated the guards and commanded that they should
be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea,
and stayed there.
20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon.
So they came as a group to him, having won the favor of
Blastus the king's personal assistant; they asked for
peace, because their country was dependent on the king's
country for their food.
21 On a set day Herod dressed himself in royal robes,
and sat on the throne, and delivered a public speech
to them.
22 The people exclaimed, "It's the voice of a god, and
not of a man."
23 Immediately an angel from the Lord smote him down,
because he did not give God the glory. He was eaten
of worms and died.
24 But the word of God continued growing and multiplying.
25 Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, after
they had completed their mission, taking with them
John who was also called Mark.

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