Acts 12:17
And having made a sign to them with his hand to be silent, he related [to them] how the Lord had brought him out of prison; and he said, Report these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out and went to another place.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16But Peter continued knocking: and having opened, they saw him and were astonished.
Cross References
Psalms 66:16Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Psalms 107:21Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men,
Psalms 146:7Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
Luke 1:22But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and continued dumb.
John 8:59They took up therefore stones that they might cast [them] at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, [going through the midst of them, and thus passed on.]
John 11:54Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went away thence into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he sojourned with the disciples.
Matthew Henry on Acts 12:6-20
Peter's Imprisonment and Deliverance. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his… Read the whole commentary →