Acts 12:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. He struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, 'Arise quickly!' And his chains fell off his hands.

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  • Acts 16:26 : 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,
  • 1 Kgs 19:7 : 7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
  • Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
  • Ps 105:18-20 : 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tested him. 20 The king sent and released him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart.
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid: You have loosed my bonds.
  • Ps 142:6-7 : 6 Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Your name; the righteous shall surround me, for You shall deal bountifully with me.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners:
  • Isa 37:30 : 30 And this shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself; and the second year what springs of the same: and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
  • Isa 60:1 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.
  • Ezek 43:2 : 2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east; and his voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.
  • Dan 3:24-25 : 24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished, and rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king. 25 He answered and said, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
  • Dan 6:22 : 22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me: because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, have I done no harm.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me; he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
  • Hab 3:4 : 4 His brightness was like the light; He had rays coming from His hand, and there was the hiding of His power.
  • Hab 3:11 : 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of Your arrows they went, and at the shining of Your glittering spear.
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.
  • Luke 24:4 : 4 And it happened, as they were very perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
  • Acts 9:3 : 3 And as he traveled, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him:
  • Acts 10:30 : 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
  • Acts 12:6 : 6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  • Acts 27:23-24 : 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Do not fear, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and indeed, God has granted you all those who sail with you.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation?
  • Rev 18:1 : 1 After these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, possessing great power; and the earth was illuminated with his glory.
  • Gen 19:15-16 : 15 And when the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
  • 2 Sam 22:29 : 29 For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
  • 1 Kgs 19:5 : 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.

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  • Acts 12:4-6
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    4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison and handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after Passover.

    5So Peter was kept in prison, but constant prayer was made to God for him by the church.

    6And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

  • Acts 12:8-11
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    8And the angel said to him, 'Get dressed and put on your sandals.' And he did so. And he said to him, 'Wrap your cloak around yourself and follow me.'

    9And he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

    10When they had passed the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them by itself; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

    11And when Peter had come to himself, he said, 'Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.'

  • Acts 5:18-19
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    18And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

    19But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

  • Acts 12:14-19
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    14When she recognized Peter's voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate.

    15And they said to her, 'You are mad.' But she insisted that it was so. Then they said, 'It is his angel.'

    16But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.

    17But motioning to them with his hand to keep silence, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, 'Go and tell these things to James and to the brethren.' And he departed and went to another place.

    18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

    19And when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

  • Acts 16:25-27
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    25At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

    26Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.

    27The keeper of the prison, awakening from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners had fled.

  • Acts 11:13
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    13And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

  • Acts 3:6-7
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    6Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

    7And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

  • Acts 9:34
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    34And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you: arise and make your bed. And he arose immediately.

  • Luke 9:32
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    32But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

  • Acts 9:40
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    40But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.

  • Luke 22:43
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    43And there appeared an angel to him from heaven, strengthening him.

  • Luke 22:54-55
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    54Then they took him, and led him, and brought him to the high priest's house. And Peter followed from a distance.

    55And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard, and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

  • Acts 11:7
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    7And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; kill and eat.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, 'Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words:

  • Acts 5:22-23
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    22But when the officers came and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

    23Saying, We found the prison truly shut securely, and the guards standing outside before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.

  • Acts 16:35
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    35When it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, Let those men go.

  • Acts 10:23
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    23Then he invited them in, and lodged them. And on the next day Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

  • Acts 10:13
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    13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

  • Matt 28:2
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    2And, behold, there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it.

  • Acts 10:3-4
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    3He saw in a vision clearly about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

    4And when he looked at him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.

  • Acts 10:8-9
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    8And when he had declared all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa.

    9On the next day, as they went on their journey and neared the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

  • Acts 9:32
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    32And it came to pass, as Peter traveled through all quarters, he also came down to the saints dwelling in Lydda.

  • Acts 6:15
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    15All who sat in the council, looking intently at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

  • Acts 16:29
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    29Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

  • Mark 14:66
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    66And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the high priest came.

  • Luke 22:61
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    61And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, Before the rooster crows, you shall deny me three times.

  • Acts 10:19
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    19While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek you.

  • Luke 2:9
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    9And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

  • Acts 22:6
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    6And it happened, that as I made my journey and was near Damascus around noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

  • Ps 107:14
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    14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart.

  • Mark 16:7
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    7But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as he said to you.

  • Acts 5:9
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    9Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.