1 E por aquele mesmo tempo o rei Herodes estendeu as mãos sobre alguns da igreja, para os maltratar;

2 E matou à espada Tiago, irmão de João.

3 E, vendo que isso agradara aos judeus, continuou, mandando prender também a Pedro. E eram os dias dos ázimos.

4 E, havendo-o prendido, o encerrou na prisão, entregando-o a quatro quaternos de soldados, para que o guardassem, querendo apresentá-lo ao povo depois da páscoa.

5 Pedro, pois, era guardado na prisão; mas a igreja fazia contínua oração por ele a Deus.

6 E quando Herodes estava para o fazer comparecer, nessa mesma noite estava Pedro dormindo entre dois soldados, ligado com duas cadeias, e os guardas diante da porta guardavam a prisão.

7 E eis que sobreveio o anjo do Senhor, e resplandeceu uma luz na prisão; e, tocando a Pedro na ilharga, o despertou, dizendo: Levanta-te depressa. E caíram-lhe das mãos as cadeias.

8 E disse-lhe o anjo: Cinge-te, e ata as tuas alparcas. E ele assim o fez. Disse-lhe mais: Lança às costas a tua capa, e segue-me.

9 E, saindo, o seguia. E não sabia que era real o que estava sendo feito pelo anjo, mas cuidava que via alguma visão.

10 E, quando passaram a primeira e segunda guarda, chegaram à porta de ferro, que dá para a cidade, a qual se lhes abriu por si mesma; e, tendo saído, percorreram uma rua, e logo o anjo se apartou dele.

11 E Pedro, tornando a si, disse: Agora sei verdadeiramente que o Senhor enviou o seu anjo, e me livrou da mão de Herodes, e de tudo o que o povo dos judeus esperava.

12 E, considerando ele nisto, foi à casa de Maria, mãe de João, que tinha por sobrenome Marcos, onde muitos estavam reunidos e oravam.

13 E, batendo Pedro à porta do pátio, uma menina chamada Rode saiu a escutar;

14 E, conhecendo a voz de Pedro, de gozo não abriu a porta, mas, correndo para dentro, anunciou que Pedro estava à porta.

15 E disseram-lhe: Estás fora de ti. Mas ela afirmava que assim era. E diziam: É o seu anjo.

16 Mas Pedro perseverava em bater e, quando abriram, viram-no, e se espantaram.

17 E acenando-lhes ele com a mão para que se calassem, contou-lhes como o Senhor o tirara da prisão, e disse: Anunciai isto a Tiago e aos irmãos. E, saindo, partiu para outro lugar.

18 E, sendo já dia, houve não pouco alvoroço entre os soldados sobre o que seria feito de Pedro.

19 E, quando Herodes o procurou e o não achou, feita inquirição aos guardas, mandou-os justiçar. E, partindo da Judéia para Cesaréia, ficou ali.

20 E ele estava irritado com os de Tiro e de Sidom; mas estes, vindo de comum acordo ter com ele, e obtendo a amizade de Blasto, que era o camarista do rei, pediam paz; porquanto o seu país se abastecia do país do rei.

21 E num dia designado, vestindo Herodes as vestes reais, estava assentado no tribunal e lhes fez uma prática.

22 E o povo exclamava: Voz de Deus, e não de homem.

23 E no mesmo instante feriu-o o anjo do Senhor, porque não deu glória a Deus e, comido de bichos, expirou.

24 E a palavra de Deus crescia e se multiplicava.

25 E Barnabé e Saulo, havendo terminado aquele serviço, voltaram de Jerusalém, levando também consigo a João, que tinha por sobrenome Marcos.

1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.

2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword;

3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

4 And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

5 So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.

6 The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison;

7 and behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.

8 And the angel said to him, "Dress yourself and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he said to him, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me."

9 And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

10 When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him.

11 And Peter came to himself, and said, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."

12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

14 Recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and told that Peter was standing at the gate.

15 They said to her, "You are mad." But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel!"

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

17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell this to James and to the brethren." Then he departed and went to another place.

18 Now when day came, there was no small stir among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

19 And when Herod had sought for him and could not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesare'a, and remained there.

20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and made an oration to them.

22 And the people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of man!"

23 Immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died.

24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.

25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, bringing with them John whose other name was Mark.