Acts 12:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Acts 12:9 Cross References

Genesis 45:26

And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them.

Genesis 6:22

Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

Psalm 126:1

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

John 2:5

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

Acts 10:17

Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate

Acts 10:3

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

Acts 11:5

“I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending, like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.

Acts 12:8

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.”

Acts 26:19

“Wherefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Acts 9:10

Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.”

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go.