Acts 12:17
and having beckoned to them with the hand to be silent, he declared to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison, and he said, 'Declare to James and to the brethren these things;' and having gone forth, he went on to another place.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,
18And day having come, there was not a little stir among the soldiers what then was become of Peter,
Cross References
Psalms 66:16Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.
Psalms 107:21They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,
Psalms 146:7Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.
Luke 1:22and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.
John 8:59they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John 11:54Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his 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 →