Acts 12:7
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
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.
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off his hands.
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the angel
- Acts 12:23; Acts 5:19; Acts 10:30; Acts 27:23, 24; 1 Kings 19:5, 7; Psalm 34:7; Psalm 37:32, 33; Isaiah 37:30; Daniel 6:22; Hebrews 1:14
- and a
- Acts 9:3; 2 Samuel 22:29; Ezekiel 43:2; Micah 7:9; Habakkuk 3:4, 11; Revelation 18:1
- Arise
- Genesis 19:15, 16; Isaiah 60:1; Ephesians 5:14
- And his
- The two chains with which his hands were fastened to those of the two soldiers between whom he slept. This, it appears, was the Roman method of securing a prisoner, and seems to be what is intimated in ver. 6.
- Acts 12:6; Acts 2:24; Acts 16:26; Psalm 105:18–20; Psalm 107:14; Psalm 116:16; Psalm 142:6, 7; Psalm 146:7; Daniel 3:24, 25