Acts 12:16-23

¹⁶Peter contynued knockinge. When they had opened the dore and sawe him they were astonyed.

¹⁷And he beckened vnto them with the honde to holde their peace and tolde them by what meanes the Lorde had brought him oute of the preson. And sayde: goo shew these thinges vnto Iames and to the brethren. And he departed and went into a nother place.

¹⁸Assone as it was daye ther was no lyttell a doo amonge the soudyers what was becum of Peter.

¹⁹When Herode had called for him and founde him not he examined the kepers and commaunded to departe. And he descended from Iewry to Cesarea and ther abode.

²⁰Herode was displeased with them of Tyre and Sydon. And they came all at once and made intercession vnto Blastus the kynges chamberlen and desyred peace because their countrey was norysshed by the kynges londe.

²¹And upon a daye appoynted Herode arayed him in royall apparell and set him in his seate and made an oraycon vnto them.

²²And the people gave a shoute sayinge: it is the voyce of a God and not of a man.

²³And immediatly the angell of the Lorde smote him because he gave not God the honoure and he was eatyn of wormes and gave vp the goost.