Acts 12:7

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And 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.

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  • Acts 16:26 : 26 And sodenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the pryson was shaken, and immediatly all the doores opened, and euery mans bandes were loosed.
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But the Angel of the Lorde by nyght opened the prison doores, and brought them foorth, and sayde:
  • 1 Kgs 19:7 : 7 And the angel of the Lord came againe the seconde time, and touched him, and sayde: Up, and eate, for thou hast yet a great iourney.
  • Ps 34:7 : 7 The angell of God campeth rounde about them that feare hym: and deliuereth them.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym. 33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged.
  • Ps 105:18-20 : 18 Whose feete they dyd hurt in the stockes: the iron entred into his soule. 19 Vntill the tyme came that his cause was knowen: the worde of the Lorde tryed hym. 20 The king sent and caused hym to be let go: yea the prince of the people opened a way foorth for hym.
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder.
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder.
  • Ps 142:6-7 : 6 Consider my complaynt, for I am brought very lowe: deliuer me from my persecutours, for they are to strong for me. 7 Bryng my soule out of prison, that I may prayse thy name: the ryghteous shal compasse me rounde about, because thou hast thus rewarded me.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 God looseth those that be bounde: God geueth syght to the blynde.
  • Isa 37:30 : 30 I wyll geue thee also this token O Hezekia this yere shalt thou eate such as groweth of it selfe, and the seconde yere that which spryngeth agayne of the same, & in the thirde yere ye shall sowe and reape, yea ye shall plant vineyardes, and enioy the fruites therof.
  • Isa 60:1 : 1 Get thee vp betymes, and be bright O Hierusalem for thy light commeth, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vp vpon thee.
  • Ezek 43:2 : 2 And beholde, then came the glorie of the God of Israel from out of the east, whose voyce was lyke a great noyse of waters, and the earth was lightened with his glorie.
  • Dan 3:24-25 : 24 Then Nabuchodonozor the king was astonied, & rose vp in all haste: he spake vnto his counsel, and sayd, Dyd not we cast three men bounde into the mids of the fire? They aunswered and sayde vnto the king: It is true, O king. 25 He aunswered & sayde: Lo, I see foure men loose, walking in the mids of ye fire, and they haue no hurt: and the fourme of the fourth is like the sonne of God.
  • Dan 6:22 : 22 My God hath sent his angel, which hath shut the lions mouthes, so that they might not hurt me, for myne vngiltinesse is founde out before him: and as for thee O king, I neuer offended thee.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 I will beare the wrath of the Lord, for I haue offended hym till he sit in iudgement vpon my cause, and see that I haue right: then will he bring me foorth to the light, and I shall see his righteousnesse.
  • Hab 3:4 : 4 And his brightnesse was as the light: he had hornes comming out of his handes, and there was the hyding of his power.
  • Hab 3:11 : 11 The sonne and moone stoode still in their habitation, at the light of thyne arrowes they went, and at the bright shining of thy speares.
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde.
  • Luke 24:4 : 4 And it came to passe, as they were amased therat: Beholde, two men stoode by them in shinyng garmentes.
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 Whom God hath raised vp, and loosed the sorowes of death, because it was vnpossible, that he shoulde be holden of it.
  • Acts 9:3 : 3 And when he iourneyed, it came to passe, that as he was come nye to Damascus, sodenly there shyned rounde about hym a lyght from heauen:
  • Acts 10:30 : 30 And Cornelius sayde: This day nowe foure dayes, about this houre, I sate fasting, and at the ninth houre, I prayed in my house: And beholde, a man stoode before me in bryght clothyng,
  • Acts 12:6 : 6 And 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.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediatly the Angel of ye Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God ye honour, & he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
  • Acts 27:23-24 : 23 For there stoode by me this nyght, the Angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serue, 24 Saying: Feare not Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath geuen thee all them that sayle with thee.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he sayth: Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght.
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministring spirites, sent foorth into ministerie for their sakes which shalbe heyres of saluation?
  • Rev 18:1 : 1 And after that, I sawe another angell come from heauen, hauyng great power, and the earth was lyghtened with his glorie.
  • Gen 19:15-16 : 15 And when the mornyng arose, the angels caused Lot to speede him, saying: Stande vp, take thy wyfe, and thy two daughters which be at hande, lest thou perishe in the sinne of the citie. 16 And as he prolonged the tyme, the men caught both him, his wife, and his two daughters by the handes, the Lorde beyng mercyfull vnto hym: and they brought hym foorth, and set hym without the citie.
  • 2 Sam 22:29 : 29 For thou art my lyght, O Lorde: and the Lorde shall light my darkenesse.
  • 1 Kgs 19:5 : 5 And as he lay and slept vnder the Iuniper tree: behold an angel touched him, and sayde vnto him: Up, and eate.

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  • Acts 12:4-6
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    4And when he had caught hym, he put hym in pryson also, and delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept, intendyng after Easter to bryng hym foorth to the people.

    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.

  • Acts 12:8-11
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    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.

  • Acts 5:18-19
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    18And layed handes on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.

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

  • Acts 12:14-19
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    14And when she knewe Peters voyce, she opened not the doore for gladnesse, but ran in, and tolde howe Peter stoode before the doore.

    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.

  • Acts 16:25-27
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    25And at mydnyght Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prysoners hearde them.

    26And sodenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the pryson was shaken, and immediatly all the doores opened, and euery mans bandes were loosed.

    27When the keper of the pryson waked out of his sleepe, and sawe the pryson doores open, he drewe out his sworde and woulde haue kylled hym selfe, supposyng that the prysoners had ben fled.

  • Acts 11:13
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    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:

  • Acts 3:6-7
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    6Then sayde Peter: Syluer and golde haue I none, but such as I haue, geue I thee: In the name of Iesus Christe of Nazareth, ryse vp, and walke.

    7And he toke hym by the ryght hande, and lyft hym vp. And immediatly his feete and ancle bones receaued strength.

  • Acts 9:34
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    34And Peter sayde vnto hym, Eneas, Iesus Christe make thee whole: aryse, and make thy bedde. And he arose immediatly.

  • Luke 9:32
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    32But Peter, and they that were with him, were heauie with sleepe: and whe they awoke, they sawe his maiestie, and two men standyng with hym.

  • Acts 9:40
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    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.

  • Luke 22:43
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    43And there appeared an angell vnto hym from heauen, comfortyng hym.

  • Luke 22:54-55
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    54Then toke they hym, and ledde hym, & brought him to the hye priestes house: and Peter folowed a farre of.

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

  • Acts 11:7
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    7And I hearde a voyce, saying vnto me: aryse Peter, slay, and eate.

  • Acts 2:14
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    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.

  • Acts 5:22-23
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    22But when the officers came, & founde them not in the pryson, they returned, and tolde,

    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.

  • Acts 16:35
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    35And when it was day, the officers sent the sergeauntes, saying: Let those men go.

  • Acts 10:23
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    23Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morowe, Peter went away with them, and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied hym.

  • Acts 10:13
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    13And there came a voyce to hym: ryse Peter, kyll and eate.

  • Matt 28:2
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    2And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angell of the Lorde descended from heauen, and came & roulled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it.

  • Acts 10:3-4
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    3The same sawe by a vision euidently, about the ninth houre of the daye, an Angel of God commyng in to hym, and saying vnto hym, Cornelius.

    4And when he loked on hym, he was afrayde, and sayde: What is it Lorde? And he sayde vnto hym: Thy prayers and thyne almes, are come vp into remembraunce before God.

  • Acts 10:8-9
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    8And tolde them all the matter, & sent them to Ioppa.

    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.

  • Acts 9:32
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    32And it came to passe, as Peter walked throughout all quarters, he came also to the Saintes which dwelt at Lydda.

  • Acts 6:15
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    15And all that sate in the counsell, loking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had ben the face of an angell.

  • Acts 16:29
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    29Then he called for a lyght, and sprang in, and came tremblyng, and fell downe before Paul and Silas,

  • Mark 14:66
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    66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there came one of the wenches of the hyest priest:

  • Luke 22:61
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    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.

  • Acts 10:19
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    19Whyle Peter thought on the vision, the spirite said vnto hym: beholde, three men seke thee.

  • Luke 2:9
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    9And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde.

  • Acts 22:6
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    6And it came to passe, that as I made my iourney, & was come nye vnto Damascus, about noone, sodeinly there shone from heauen a great light rounde about me.

  • Ps 107:14
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    14For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder.

  • Mark 16:7
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    7But go your way, & tell his disciples, and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see hym, as he saide vnto you.

  • Acts 5:9
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    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.