Acts 12:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵ So, Peter was kept in jail, but the church continued to pray earnestly to God for him. [See verse 12].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ So Peter was kept in prison, but fervent prayer for him was persistently made to God by the church (assembly).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.

Common English Bible

⁵ While Peter was held in prison, the church offered earnest prayer to God for him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And so Peter was detained in prison. But prayers were being made without ceasing, by the Church, to God on his behalf.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Peter therefore was kept in prison. But prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto God for him.

Acts 12:5 Cross References

Matthew 18:19

I tell you again, if two of you agree [here] on earth concerning anything you ask for [i.e., in prayer], God in heaven will grant it to you.

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus told His disciples a parable for the purpose of showing them that they should pray continually and not become discouraged.

Acts 12:12

After thinking about the matter [for awhile], he decided to go to the house of Mary, mother of John Mark, where a large gathering [of Christians] was praying.

Acts 12:4

So, Peter was arrested and put in jail with four groups of four soldiers each guarding him. Herod planned to have him brought before the people after the Passover Festival was over.

Acts 12:6

Then on the night that Herod was planning to have him brought [before the court], Peter was asleep, chained between two soldiers, with guards stationed at the jail doors.

1 Corinthians 12:26

So, if one part [i.e., one Christian] suffers, then all the parts [i.e., the other Christians] should suffer with it. Or, if one part is honored, all the [other] parts should rejoice with it.

2 Corinthians 1:11

as you cooperate by praying for us. Then, many people will give thanks [to God] on our behalf for the gift He has given to us through [your] many [prayers].

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Never stop praying.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember [to pray for and help] those who are in prison, as though you [yourselves] were in prison with them. [Remember] those who are being mistreated, realizing that you [yourselves] also share [with them] a physical body [i.e., you are subject to the same kind of trials].

James 5:16

So, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another to be healed [from sin sickness]. The special request of a righteous person is empowered with [great] effectiveness.