Acts 12:10–17

¹⁰When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which ^aopened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

¹¹When Peter ^acame ¹to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that ^bthe Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all ²that the Jewish people were expecting.”

¹²And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of ^aJohn who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and ^bwere praying.

¹³When he knocked at the door of the gate, ^aa servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

¹⁴When she recognized Peter’s voice, ^abecause of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

¹⁵They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is ^ahis angel.”

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.

¹⁷But ^amotioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to ^1bJames and ^cthe brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.