Acts 12:5

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So Peter was kept in prison, but the church fervently prayed to God for him.

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  • Matt 18:19 : 19 Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
  • 2 Cor 1:11 : 11 as you join in helping us through your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
  • Eph 6:18-20 : 18 Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and petition. Stay alert with all perseverance as you pray for all the saints. 19 Pray also for me, that words may be given to me to proclaim the mystery of the gospel boldly. 20 For which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • 1 Thess 5:17 : 17 Pray without ceasing.
  • Heb 13:3 : 3 Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were in the body with them.
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful and effective.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 Jesus told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not give up.
  • Acts 12:12 : 12 Realizing this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who is also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
  • 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. If one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
  • Isa 62:6-7 : 6 Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will not be silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest, 7 and give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

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  • Acts 12:6-8
    3 verses
    85%

    6 The night before Herod was to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards stood watch in front of the door of the prison.

    7 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side to wake him, the angel said, 'Get up quickly.' Immediately, the chains fell off Peter's hands.

    8 The angel said to him, 'Get dressed and put on your sandals.' Peter did so. Then the angel said, 'Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.'

  • Acts 12:10-19
    10 verses
    77%

    10 After they passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. They went out and walked one street, and immediately the angel left him.

    11 When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'

    12 Realizing this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who is also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

    13 When he knocked on the door of the gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.

    14 Recognizing Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she did not open the gate but ran inside to announce that Peter was standing at the gate.

    15 They said to her, 'You are out of your mind.' But she kept insisting that it was so. Then they said, 'It must be his angel.'

    16 Peter, however, kept knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.

    17 Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, 'Report these things to James and the brothers.' Then he left and went to another place.

    18 When day came, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

    19 After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

  • Acts 12:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (It was during the days of Unleavened Bread.)

    4 After arresting him, he placed him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of soldiers, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

  • Acts 5:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

    19 But during the night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison and brought them out.

  • Acts 5:21-23
    3 verses
    71%

    21 At daybreak, they entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

    22 But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

    23 'We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.'

  • 1 Thess 5:17
    71%

    17 Pray without ceasing.

  • Acts 2:42
    71%

    42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

  • Acts 10:9
    70%

    9 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray about noon.

  • Acts 16:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25 Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

    26 Suddenly, there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once, all the doors flew open, and everyone's chains were loosened.

  • Col 4:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

    3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

  • Luke 6:12
    70%

    12 During those days, Jesus went out to a mountain to pray, and He spent the entire night praying to God.

  • John 18:16
    69%

    16 But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

  • Acts 1:15
    69%

    15 In those days Peter stood up among the disciples (a group numbering about one hundred and twenty), and said,

  • Rom 12:12
    69%

    12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.

  • Acts 6:4
    68%

    4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

  • Acts 12:1
    68%

    1 Around that time, King Herod laid hands on some from the church to mistreat them.

  • Acts 10:30-31
    2 verses
    68%

    30 Cornelius replied, 'Four days ago at this very hour, I was fasting and praying in my house at three in the afternoon, and suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me.

    31 He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

  • Acts 9:40
    68%

    40 Peter sent everyone out of the room, then knelt down and prayed. Turning toward the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

  • Acts 5:25
    68%

    25 Then someone came and said, 'Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.'

  • Acts 5:12
    68%

    12 Through the hands of the apostles, many signs and wonders were being performed among the people. And they were all gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade with one accord.

  • Acts 3:1
    68%

    1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer, the ninth hour.

  • 1 Thess 5:25
    68%

    25 Brothers, pray also for us.

  • Luke 22:32
    68%

    32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.

  • Acts 10:4
    68%

    4 Cornelius gazed at him in fear and asked, 'What is it, Lord?' The angel replied, 'Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.'

  • Eph 6:18
    68%

    18 Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and petition. Stay alert with all perseverance as you pray for all the saints.

  • Mark 14:66
    68%

    66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by.

  • Acts 4:3
    67%

    3 So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

  • Acts 5:29
    67%

    29 But Peter and the apostles replied, 'We must obey God rather than men.'

  • Acts 2:14
    67%

    14 Then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: 'Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.'

  • Acts 5:42
    67%

    42 Every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

  • Acts 10:23
    67%

    23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. The next day he got up and went with them. Some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

  • Luke 22:55
    67%

    55 They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, and Peter sat among them.