Acts 12:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

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  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,
  • Acts 16:26 : 26 And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.
  • Acts 12:4 : 4 And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.
  • Gen 40:3 : 3 And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.
  • Gen 42:17 : 17 So he put them in prison for three days.
  • Num 15:34 : 34 And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.
  • Isa 21:8 : 8 And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:
  • Isa 45:1-2 : 1 The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut; 2 I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:
  • John 20:19 : 19 At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!
  • John 20:26 : 26 And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you!

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    13And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.

    14And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.

    15And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

    16But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

    17But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

    18Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.

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