Acts 12:10-20

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁰ Now, after they had passed the first and the second guards, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them by itself. And they went out and passed through one street. And immediately the Angel departed from him.

¹¹ And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his Angel, and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectations of the Jewish people.”

¹² And as he considered it, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John (whose surname was Mark), where many were gathered together and prayed.

¹³ And when Peter knocked at the entry door, a girl named Rhoda came forth to answer it.

¹⁴ But when she recognized Peter’s voice, she did not open the gate. But with gladness, she ran in and told how Peter stood before the gate.

¹⁵ But they said to her, “You are mad.” Still she kept affirming that it was so. Then they said, “It is his angel.”

¹⁶ But Peter continued knocking. And when they had opened it, and saw him, they were astonished.

¹⁷ And with his hand he asked them to be silent. And he told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go show these things to James and to the brothers.” And he departed and went into another place.

¹⁸ Now as soon as it was day, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

¹⁹ And when Herod had asked for and not found him, he examined the guards, and commanded them to be led away for punishment. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

²⁰ Then Herod was angry with those of Tyre and Sidon. But they all came to him with one mind. And having befriended Blastus, the King’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country was nourished by the King.