Verse 8
Acts 12:8
Bible in Basic English
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Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.
Original Language Text
greek
εἶπεν ⸀δὲ ὁ ἄγγελος πρὸς αὐτόν· ⸀Ζῶσαι καὶ ὑπόδησαι τὰ σανδάλιά σου· ἐποίησεν δὲ οὕτως. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Περιβαλοῦ τὸ ἱμάτιόν σου καὶ ἀκολούθει μοι.
English Translation
And the angel said to him, "Get up and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me."
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Chapter 12 Context
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Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.
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And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.
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And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at...
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And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his...
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So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God (Elohim) for him.
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And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two ar...
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And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching...
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Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coa...
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And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it s...
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And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town,...
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And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel...
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And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, wh...
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And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.
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And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that P...
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And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And...
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But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of...
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But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had t...
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Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.
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And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders t...
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Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and hav...
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And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a pub...
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And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.
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And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to...
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But the word of the Lord went on increasing.
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And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John nam...
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