Acts 12:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.

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  • Acts 12:5 : 5 So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.
  • Acts 12:25 : 25 And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.
  • Col 4:10 : 10 Aristarchus, my brother-prisoner, sends his love to you, and Mark, a relation of Barnabas (about whom you have been given orders: if he comes to you, be kind to him),
  • Phlm 1:24 : 24 And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my brother-workers.
  • 2 Tim 4:11 : 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.
  • Acts 13:5 : 5 And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.
  • Acts 13:13 : 13 Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.
  • Isa 65:24 : 24 And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.
  • Matt 18:19-20 : 19 Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.
  • 1 Pet 5:13 : 13 She who is in Babylon, who has a part with you in the purpose of God, sends you her love; and so does my son Mark.
  • 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us: 15 And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.
  • Acts 4:23 : 23 And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.
  • Acts 15:37-39 : 37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark. 38 But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work. 39 And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;
  • Acts 16:40 : 40 And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

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  • 77%

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

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

    15 And 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.

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

    17 But 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.

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

    19 And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

  • 76%

    10 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.

    11 And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.

  • 74%

    24 But the word of the Lord went on increasing.

    25 And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.

  • Acts 12:5-7
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    73%

    5 So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

    6 And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

    7 And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

  • Mark 1:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29 And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

    30 Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:

  • Acts 1:13-15
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    13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

    14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

    15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

  • 37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.

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    11 And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

    12 And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

    13 And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

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    17 Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,

    18 To see if Simon, named Peter, was living there.

  • 27 And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;

  • 9 Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

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    23 So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

    24 And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.

  • 33 And all the town had come together at the door.

  • 51 And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.

  • 14 And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

  • 27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 5:11-12
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    68%

    11 Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

    12 Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

  • 42 And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

  • 32 Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.

  • 20 When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

  • 38 Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

  • Mark 2:1-2
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    68%

    1 And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.

    2 And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

  • 38 And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her

  • 12 And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.

  • 31 And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

  • 31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

  • 6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

  • 55 And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them.

  • 32 And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

  • 40 But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.

  • 66 And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;