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Acts 12:10-20
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10 And after they[a] had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened for them by itself, and they went out and[b] went forward along one narrow street, and at once the angel departed from him.

11 And when[c] Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know truly that the Lord has sent out his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and all that the Jewish people expected!”[d] 12 And when he[e] realized this,[f] he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John (who is also called Mark), where many people were gathered together and were praying. 13 And when[g] he knocked at the door of the gateway, a female slave named[h] Rhoda came up to answer. 14 And recognizing Peter’s voice, because of her[i] joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and[j] announced that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 But they said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting[k] it was so. And they kept saying,[l] “It is his angel!” 16 But Peter was continuing to knock, and when they[m] opened the door[n] they saw him and were astonished. 17 But motioning to them with his[o] hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and to the brothers,” and he departed and[p] went to another place.

18 Now when[q] day came, there was not a little commotion among the soldiers as to what then had become of Peter. 19 And when[r] Herod had searched for him and did not find him,[s] he questioned the guards and[t] ordered that they be led away to execution. And he came down from Judea to Caesarea and[u] stayed there.

Herod’s Gruesome Death

20 Now he was very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians. So they came to him with one purpose, and after[v] persuading Blastus, the king’s chamberlain,[w] they asked for peace, because their country was supported with food from the king’s country.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:10 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had passed”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 12:10 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Acts 12:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Acts 12:11 Literally “the expectation of the people of the Jews”
  5. Acts 12:12 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“realized”) which is understood as temporal
  6. Acts 12:12 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Acts 12:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“knocked”)
  8. Acts 12:13 Literally “by name”
  9. Acts 12:14 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  10. Acts 12:14 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“ran in”) has been translated as a finite verb
  11. Acts 12:15 This imperfect verb is translated as an iterative imperfect (“kept insisting”)
  12. Acts 12:15 *This imperfect verb is translated as an iterative imperfect (“kept saying”)
  13. Acts 12:16 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“opened”) which is understood as temporal
  14. Acts 12:16 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  15. Acts 12:17 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  16. Acts 12:17 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“departed”) has been translated as a finite verb
  17. Acts 12:18 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came”)
  18. Acts 12:19 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had searched for”) which is understood as temporal
  19. Acts 12:19 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  20. Acts 12:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“questioned”) has been translated as a finite verb
  21. Acts 12:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came down”) has been translated as a finite verb
  22. Acts 12:20 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“persuading”) which is understood as temporal
  23. Acts 12:20 Literally “the one over the bedroom of the king”
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