Acts 12:5-12

⁵Well Peter was being held in the prison all right, but the congregation was making earnest prayer to God on his behalf.

⁶So when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with guards protecting the prison in front of the doors.

⁷Suddenly, an angel of the Lord was there, and a light shone in the cell; striking Peter on the side he roused him saying, “Quick, get up!” and the chains fell away from his wrists.

⁸Then the angel said to him, “Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.” So he did. Then he said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”

⁹So he went out and started following him, not realizing that what the angel was doing was real; he supposed he was seeing a vision.

¹⁰Passing through the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, that opened for them by itself; upon exiting they advanced one block, and suddenly the angel left him.

¹¹When Peter had come to himself he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord sent His angel and delivered me out of Herod's hand and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.”

¹²Upon reflection he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John (the one called Mark), where a considerable number had gathered and were praying.