Acts, Chapter 12
{12:1} Now about that time, Herod the king put forth 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 captured 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} 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, "Put
on your clothes, and tie on your sandals." He did so. He said to him,
"Wrap your cloak around you, and follow me." {12:9} He went out, and
followed him. He didn't know that what was 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 passed on through
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 forth 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 Mark, 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 stood before 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 forth out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to
Ya`akov, and to the brothers." 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 highly displeased
with those of Tzor and Tzidon. They came with one accord to him, and,
having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, they asked
for shalom, 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 he 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 Mark.
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Footnotes:
[1] {12:3} unleavened bread
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