Acts, Chapter 12
{12:1} Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands
to oppress some of the assembly. {12:2} He killed Ya`akov, the brother
of Yochanan, with the sword. {12:3} When he saw that it pleased the
Yehudim, he proceeded to seize Kefa also. This was during the days of
[1>]matzah[<1]. {12:4} When he had arrested him, he put him in prison,
and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him,
intending to bring him out to the people after the Pesach. {12:5} Kefa
therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the
assembly to God for him. {12:6} The same night when Herod was about to
bring him out, Kefa was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two
chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
{12:7} And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light
shone in the cell. He struck Kefa on the side, and woke him up,
saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands. {12:8}
The angel said to him, "Get dressed and put on your sandals." He did
so. He said to him, "Put on your cloak, and follow me." {12:9} And he
went out and followed him. He didn't know that what was being done by
the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision. {12:10} When they
were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate
that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went
out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from
him.
{12:11} When Kefa had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know
that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand
of Herod, and from everything the Yehudi people were expecting."
{12:12} Thinking about that, he came to the house of Miryam, the
mother of Yochanan whose surname was Markos, where many were gathered
together and were praying. {12:13} When Kefa knocked at the door of
the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. {12:14} When she
recognized Kefa's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in,
and reported that Kefa was standing in front of the gate.
{12:15} They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it
was so. They said, "It is his angel." {12:16} But Kefa continued
knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed. {12:17}
But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them
how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these
things to Ya`akov, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to
another place.
{12:18} Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the
soldiers about what had become of Kefa. {12:19} When Herod had sought
for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded
that they should be put to death. He went down from Yehudah to
Caesarea, and stayed there. {12:20} Now Herod was very angry with the
people of Tzor and Tzidon. They came with one accord to him, and,
having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, they asked
for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for
food. {12:21} On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal
clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them. {12:22} The
people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!" {12:23}
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give
God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
{12:24} But the word of God grew and multiplied. {12:25} Bar-Nabba
and Sha'ul returned to Yerushalayim, when they had fulfilled their
service, also taking with them Yochanan whose surname was Markos.
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Footnotes:
[1] {12:3} unleavened bread
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