Acts 12:8

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

The angel [then] said to him, “Put on your belt and sandals,” so he did. Then the angel said, “Throw your [outer] robe around you and follow me.”

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

“I certainly am immersing you in water following [your] repentance, but the One who follows me [i.e., in my ministry], whose sandals I do not deserve to remove [as His slave], will immerse you people with the Holy Spirit and with fire [i.e., the punishment in hell. See verses 10 and 12].

Mark 6:9

but were to wear sandals and take only one coat.

Luke 12:37

Those slaves whom their master finds being watchful when he returns are [certainly] blessed. Truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt [i.e., get things ready] and have them recline [at his dinner table] and will come and serve them.

Acts 12:7

[Then it happened]: [Suddenly] an angel from the Lord stood beside Peter as a light shone into his cell. [The angel] gently struck his side, waking him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” His chains fell from his hands.

Acts 12:9

So, he followed the angel out [of the jail], not fully realizing what had happened, thinking [perhaps] he had seen [all this in] a vision.

Acts 27:23

For an angel from God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, appeared to me last night,

Acts 8:26

[Meanwhile] an angel [sent] from the Lord spoke to Philip and said, “Get up and travel south on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza; that is a deserted region.”