Verse 3
Acts 12:3
World English Bible
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When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
Original Language Text
greek
⸂ἰδὼν δὲ⸃ ὅτι ἀρεστόν ἐστιν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις προσέθετο συλλαβεῖν καὶ Πέτρον (ἦσαν ⸀δὲ ἡμέραι τῶν ἀζύμων),
English Translation
And when he saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he added to arrest Peter (and it was the days of unleavened bread).
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Chapter 12 Context
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Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
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He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
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When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of...
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When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers ea...
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Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God (Elohim)...
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The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound...
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And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the...
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The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on you...
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9
And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but...
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10
When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the c...
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When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and...
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12
Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where man...
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13
When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
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14
When she recognized Peter’s voice, she didn’t open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that P...
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15
They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”
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But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
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But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him...
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Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter...
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19
When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they...
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20
Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, h...
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21
On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech t...
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22
The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”
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Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God (Elohim) the glory, and he w...
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24
But the word of God (Elohim) grew and multiplied.
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25
Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with the...
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