Acts 12:9-21

⁹And going out, he was following him, and did not know that the thing taking place by the angel was real, but he was thinking that he was seeing a vision.

¹⁰And going though the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which was opened to them of its own accord; and going out, they went forward one street, and immediately the angel withdrew from him.

¹¹And Peter, having come to himself, said, “Now I know truly that the Lord has sent forth His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jews.”

¹²And realizing this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where a considerable number were gathered together and were praying.

¹³And when Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a servant girl came to answer, named Rhoda.

¹⁴When she recognized Peter's voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but running in, she announced that Peter stood at the gate.

¹⁵But they said to her, “You are mad!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, “It is his angel.”

¹⁶But Peter was continuing knocking; and opening the door they saw him, and were astounded.

¹⁷And motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” And going out, he went to another place.

¹⁸Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, as to what had become of Peter.

¹⁹And Herod, seeking for him and not finding him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they be executed. And going down from Judea to Caesarea, he was spending time there.

²⁰Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one purpose they came to him, and persuading Blastus, the one over the king's bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king's country.

²¹And on an appointed day Herod, clothing himself with royal apparel, and sitting on the judgment seat, was delivering an address to them.