Acts 12:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The very night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The very night before Herod was about to bring him forth, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, fastened with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.

Common English Bible

The night before Herod was going to bring Peter’s case forward, Peter was asleep between two soldiers and bound with two chains, with soldiers guarding the prison entrance.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when Herod was ready to produce him, in that same night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, and was bound with two chains. And there were guards in front of the door, guarding the prison.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 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.

Acts 12:6 Cross References

Genesis 22:14

So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide,” as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

Psalm 4:8

I will both lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in fetters along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:4

Now look, I have just released you today from the fetters on your hands. If you wish to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will take good care of you, but if you do not wish to come with me to Babylon, you need not come. See, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go.

Matthew 28:4

For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men.

Acts 12:5

While Peter was kept in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him.

Acts 21:33

Then the tribune came, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; he inquired who he was and what he had done.

Acts 28:20

For this reason therefore I asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

Acts 5:23

“We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside.”

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said, “I will make an end of them and blot out the memory of them from humankind,”

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

Hebrews 13:6

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?”