Acts 12:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And when she knewe Peters voyce, she opened not the doore for gladnesse, but ran in, and tolde howe Peter stoode before the doore.

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  • Luke 24:41 : 41 And whyle they yet beleued not for ioy, and wondred, he sayde vnto them: Haue ye heare any meate?
  • Matt 28:8 : 8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre, with feare, and great ioy, and dyd runne, to bryng his disciples worde.

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  • Acts 12:5-13
    9 verses
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    5And Peter was kept in pryson: But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche, vnto God for hym.

    6And when Herode woulde haue brought hym foorth vnto the people, the same nyght slept Peter betweene two souldiers, bounde with two chaynes, and the kepers before the doore kept the pryson.

    7And beholde, the Angel of ye Lorde was there present, and a lyght shyned in the habitation: And he smote Peter on the syde, and stirred hym vp, saying: Aryse vp quickly. And his chaynes fell of from his handes.

    8And the Angel sayde vnto hym: gyrde thy selfe, & bynde on thy sandales. And so he dyd. And he sayeth vnto hym: cast thy garment about thee, and folow me.

    9And he came out and folowed hym, and wyse not that it was trueth which was done by the Angel, but thought he had seene a vision.

    10When they were past the first and the seconde watch, they came vnto the yron gate, that leadeth vnto the citie, which opened to them by the owne accorde: And they went out, and passed through one streate, and foorthwith the Angel departed from hym.

    11And when Peter was come to hym selfe, he sayde: Nowe I knowe of a suertie, that the Lorde hath sent his Angel, and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytyng for, of the people of the Iewes.

    12And as he considered the thyng, he came to the house of Marie the mother of Iohn, whose sirname was Marke, where many were gathered together in prayer.

    13As Peter knocked at the entrie doore, a damsell came foorth to hearken, named Rhoda.

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    15And they sayde vnto her: thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was euen so. Then sayde they: it is his Angel.

    16But Peter continued knockyng: And when they had opened the doore, and sawe hym, they were astonyed.

    17And when he had beckened vnto the with the hande, that they myght holde their peace, he tolde them by what meanes the Lorde had brought hym out of the pryson. And he sayde: Go shewe these thynges vnto Iames and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

    18Nowe assoone as it was day, there was no litle adoe among the souldiers, what was become of Peter.

    19And when Herode had sought for hym, and founde hym not, he examined the kepers, and commaunded them to be caryed away. And he descended from Iurie to Cesarea, and there abode.

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    16But Peter stoode at the doore without. Then went out that other disciple which was knowen vnto the hye priest, and spake vnto the damosell that kept the doore, and brought in Peter.

    17Then saide the damosell, that kept the doore, vnto Peter: Art not thou also one of this mans disciples? He sayde, I am not.

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    66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there came one of the wenches of the hyest priest:

    67And when she sawe Peter warmyng hym selfe, she loketh on hym, and sayth: And thou also wast with Iesus of Nazareth.

    68And he denyed, saying: I knowe hym not, neither wote I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porche, and the cocke crewe.

    69And a damsell, when she sawe hym agayne, began to say to the that stoode by, this is one of them.

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    17Nowe whyle Peter doubted in hym selfe, what this vision whiche he hadde seene meant: beholde, the men whiche were sent from Cornelius, had made inquiraunce for Simons house, & stoode before the doore,

    18And called, and asked whether Simo which was sirnamed Peter, were lodged there.

  • Acts 9:38-42
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    38And forasmuch as Lydda was nye to Ioppa, and the disciples hadde hearde that Peter was there, they sent vnto hym two men, desyryng hym that he woulde not be greeued to come vnto them.

    39Then Peter arose, & came with them, and when he was come, they brought hym into the vpper chamber: And all the wydowes stoode rounde about him weepyng, and shewyng the coates and garmentes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them.

    40And Peter put them all foorth, and kneled downe, and prayed, and turned hym to the body, and sayde: Tabitha aryse. And she opened her eyes, and when she sawe Peter, she sate vp.

    41And he gaue her the hande, and lyfte her vp: and when he hadde called the saintes and wydowes, he deliuered her alyue.

    42And it was knowen throughout all Ioppa, & many beleued in the Lorde.

  • 14But Peter standyng foorth with the eleuen, lyft vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iurie, and all ye that dwell at Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and with your eares heare my wordes.

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    12And the spirite sayde vnto me, that I shoulde go with the, without doubting. Moreouer, these sixe brethren accompanyed me, & we entred into the mans house:

    13And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and sayde vnto hym: Sende men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose sirname is Peter:

  • 27And when they were come, and had gathered the Churche together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, & howe he had opened the doore of fayth vnto the gentiles.

  • 69Peter sate without in the palace: And a damsell came to hym, saying, Thou also wast with Iesus of Galilee.

  • Acts 3:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10And they knewe hym, that it was he, which sate and begged at the beawtifull gate of the temple. And they wondred, and were sore astonyed at that which had happened vnto hym.

    11And as the lame which was healed, helde Peter and Iohn, all the people ran amased vnto them, in the porche that is called Solomons.

  • 15And he said: Call her. And when he had called her, she stoode in the doore.

  • Acts 5:7-9
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    7And it came to passe, that as it were about the space of three houres after, his wyfe came in, ignoraunt of that which was done.

    8And Peter sayde vnto her: Tell me, Solde ye not the lande for so much? And she sayde: Yea, for so much.

    9Then Peter sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the spirite of the Lorde? Beholde, the feete of the which haue buried thy husbande, are at the doore, and shall cary thee out.

  • 23Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morowe, Peter went away with them, and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied hym.

  • 32And it came to passe, as Peter walked throughout all quarters, he came also to the Saintes which dwelt at Lydda.

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    60And Peter sayde: Man I wote not what thou sayest. And immediatlye whyle he yet spake, the Cocke crewe.

    61And the Lorde turned backe, & loked vpon Peter: And Peter remembred the worde of the Lorde, howe he hadde sayde vnto hym, before the Cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thrise.

  • 9On the morowe as they went on their iourney, and drewe nye vnto the citie, Peter went vp vnto the highest part of the house to pray, about the sixth houre.

  • 19But the Angel of the Lorde by nyght opened the prison doores, and brought them foorth, and sayde:

  • 46For they hearde them speake with tounges, & magnifie God. Then aunswered Peter:

  • 23Saying: The pryson truely founde we shut with all diligence, & the kepers standyng without, before the doores: But when we had opened, we founde no man within.

  • 15And in those dayes, Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and said (The number of names together, were about an hundred and twentie)

  • 14When she had thus sayde, she turned her selfe backe, and sawe Iesus standyng, and knewe not that it was Iesus.

  • 32Sende therfore to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose sirname is Peter: He is lodged in the house of one Simo, a tanner, by the sea syde, who when he commeth, shall speake vnto thee.

  • 55And when they had kyndeled a fire in the myddes of the hall, and were set downe together, Peter also sate downe among them.