Acts 12:7

World English Bible (2000)

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from 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 bonds were loosened.
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out, and said,
  • 1 Kgs 19:7 : 7 The angel of Yahweh 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 Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him. 33 Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
  • Ps 105:18-20 : 18 They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, 19 until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh's word proved him true. 20 The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
  • Ps 142:6-7 : 6 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me. 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me. A Psalm by David.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
  • Isa 37:30 : 30 This shall be the sign to you. You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from 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 is come, and the glory of Yahweh is risen on you.
  • Ezek 43:2 : 2 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
  • Dan 3:24-25 : 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spoke and said to his counselors, Didn't we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, True, O king. 25 He answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are unharmed; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
  • Dan 6:22 : 22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.
  • Hab 3:4 : 4 His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.
  • Hab 3:11 : 11 The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
  • Luke 24:4 : 4 It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
  • Acts 9:3 : 3 As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
  • Acts 10:30 : 30 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 The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  • Acts 27:23-24 : 23 For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve, 24 saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, 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 will shine on you."
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
  • Rev 18:1 : 1 After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.
  • Gen 19:15-16 : 15 When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Get up! Take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city." 16 But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand, and his two daughters' hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.
  • 2 Sam 22:29 : 29 For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.
  • 1 Kgs 19:5 : 5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat!"

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