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At that time, King Herod raised his hands to some of those belonging to the church to make them evil, |
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And slew James, brother of John, with a sword. |
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Seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, Peter followed him, - when the days of unleavened bread were, - |
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And, having detained him, put him in prison, and ordered the four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after Easter to bring him to the people.
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So Peter was kept in prison, while the church diligently prayed for him to God. |
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When Herod wanted to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound by two chains, and the guards at the doors guarded the prison. |
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And, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and the light shone in the prison. [Angel], pushing Peter in the side, awakened him and said: get up quickly. And the chains fell from his hands. |
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And the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your shoes." He did so. Then he said to him, "Put on your clothes and follow me." |
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[Peter] went out and followed him, not knowing what the Angel was doing was real, but thinking that he saw a vision. |
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After passing the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened to them by themselves: they left, and walked one street, and suddenly the Angel was not with him. |
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Then Peter, having come to himself, said: now I see truly that the Lord sent His Angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all that the people of the Jews expected. |
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And, having looked around, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John, called Mark, where many gathered and prayed. |
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When Peter knocked at the gate, a servant came out, in the name of Rod, |
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And, recognizing Peter's voice, did not open the gate with joy, but, running in, announced that Peter was standing at the gate. |
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And they said to her, Are you in your own mind? But she claimed hers. They said: it's his angel. |
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Meanwhile, Peter continued to pound. When they opened it, they saw it and were amazed. |
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And he, with a sign with his hand, that they should be silent, told them how the Lord brought him out of prison, and said: "Let James and the brothers be informed about this." Then, going out, he went to another place. |
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At the approach of the day, a great alarm began between the soldiers about what had become of Peter. |
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Herod, looking for him and not finding, judged the guards and ordered them to be executed. Then he departed from Judea to Caesarea and remained there.
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Herod was annoyed at the Tiryan and Sidonians; They agreed and came to him, and, inclining Vlast, the king's bedding, to their side, asked for peace, because their region was nourished from the royal realm. |
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On the appointed day Herod, clothed in royal clothes, sat in a lofty place and spoke to them; |
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But the people cried out: [This is] the voice of God, and not of man. |
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But suddenly the Angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give glory to God; And he, being eaten by worms, died. |
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The Word of God grew and spread. |
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And Barnabas and Saul, after fulfilling the commission, returned from Jerusalem (to Antioch), taking with them John, nicknamed Mark. |
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