^12:6On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial,¹³ Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while¹⁴ guards in front of the door were keeping watch¹⁵ over the prison.

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Footnotes

13 Grk “was going to bring him out,” but the upcoming trial is implied. See Acts 12:4.
14 Grk “two chains, and.” Logically it makes better sense to translate this as a temporal clause, although technically it is a coordinate clause in Greek.
15 Or “were guarding.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

NLTNew Living Translation

The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now 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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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