Acts 12:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
  • Mark 16:11 : 11 And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.
  • Mark 16:14 : 14 And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.
  • Luke 24:11 : 11 But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.
  • Luke 24:37-38 : 37 But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit. 38 And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt?
  • Gen 48:16 : 16 The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
  • Job 9:16 : 16 If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.

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    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.

  • Acts 12:5-14
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    5So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

    6And 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.

    7And 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.

    8Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.

    9And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision.

    10And 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.

    11And 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.

    12And 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.

    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.

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    12And 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:

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    69And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.

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  • Acts 5:19
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    19But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

  • Acts 5:7-9
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    7And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.

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

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    17Now 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,

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    37But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.

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    29Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

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    10She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

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    11But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.

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