⁴After he^* had arrested him,^b he also put him^* in prison, handing him^* over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out for public trial^c after the Passover. ⁵Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.

Peter Rescued by an Angel

⁶Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were watching the prison. ⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood near him,^* and a light shone in the prison cell. And striking Peter’s side, he woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly!”^d And his chains fell off of his^* hands. ⁸And the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and put on your sandals!” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me!” ⁹And he went out and^* was following him.^* And he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but was thinking he was seeing a vision. ¹⁰And after they^* had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened for them by itself, and they went out and^* went forward along one narrow street, and at once the angel departed from him.

¹¹And when^* Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know truly that the Lord has sent out his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and all that the Jewish people expected!”^e

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Footnotes

*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had arrested”) which is understood as temporal
bLiterally “whom”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
cLiterally “to the people”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
dLiterally “with quickness”
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had passed”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
eLiterally “the expectation of the people of the Jews”