# Acts 12

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/acts/12

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.
2. He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
3. When he saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to arrest Peter also during the days of unleavened bread.
4. After seizing him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four groups of four soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after Passover.
5. Peter was therefore under guard in the prison, but fervent prayer was being made by the church to God for him.
6. When Herod was about to bring him out that night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were keeping the prison.
7. And suddenly an angel of the Lord stood over him, and light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and roused him, saying, "Get up quickly." And his chains fell from his hands.
8. The angel said to him, “Gird yourself and strap on your sandals.” He did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
9. He went out and followed him, not knowing that what was happening through the angel was true, but thinking he was seeing a vision.
10. They passed the first and second guard and came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them on its own. They went out and proceeded down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
11. When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s hand and from every expectation of the Jewish people.”
12. After considering it, he came to Mary's house, the mother of John called Mark, where many had gathered together praying.
13. And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.
14. When she recognized Peter's voice, she did not open the gate because of her joy, but ran inside and reported that he was standing before the gate.
15. They said to her, "You're out of your mind!" But she confidently kept affirming it was so. They said, "It's his angel."
16. But Peter kept knocking. When they opened, they saw him and were astonished.
17. He beckoned to them with his hand to keep silent, then recounted to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. He said, "Report these things to James and the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
18. When day came, there was great commotion among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.
19. Herod searched for him but did not find him, questioned the guards, and commanded them led away. He went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
20. He was furious with the Tyrians and Sidonians, but they came to him with one accord and, having won over Blastus the king's chamberlain, kept requesting peace because their country was nourished from the royal domain.
21. On a set day Herod clothed himself in royal apparel, sat on the throne, and addressed them.
22. The people shouted, "A god's voice, and not a man's!"
23. Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give glory to God, and becoming worm-eaten, he breathed his last.
24. But God's word grew and multiplied.
25. Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem after completing their service, taking John—called Mark—along with them.

## Nearby chapters

[Acts 11](https://www.lumin.faith/read/acts/11.md)
[Acts 13](https://www.lumin.faith/read/acts/13.md)

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