Acts 12:9 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁹ And going out, he was following him, and did not know that the thing taking place by the angel was true, but he was thinking that he was seeing a vision.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And [Peter] went out [along] following him, and he was not conscious that what was apparently being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

Common English Bible

⁹ Following the angel, Peter left the prison. However, he didn’t realize the angel had actually done all this. He thought he was seeing a vision.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And going out, he followed him. And he did not know this truth: that this was being done by an Angel. For he thought that he was seeing a vision.

Acts 12:9 Cross References

John 2:5

His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He may say to you, do."

Acts 10:17

Now as Peter was very perplexed within himself as to what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius, having found by inquiry the house of Simon, stood at the gateway.

Acts 10:3

About the ninth hour of the day, he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, "Cornelius!"

Acts 11:5

"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel coming down like a great sheet, being lowered by the four corners from heaven; and it came as far as me;

Acts 12:8

And the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals"; and he did so. And he said to him, "Put on your cloak and follow me."

Acts 26:19

"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Acts 9:10

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias."And he said, "Behold I [am here], Lord."

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go forth to the place which he was about to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.