Acts 12:9

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.

Cross References

Hebrews 11:8

By [having] faith, when Abraham was called [by God] to leave [his homeland] and go to a place he would later receive as an inheritance [i.e., Palestine], he obeyed God and went out, not knowing where he was going.

Acts 26:19

“As a result of this, O King, I did not disobey [the mandate of] this vision from heaven

Acts 10:3

About three o’clock one afternoon [Note: This is based on Jewish time calculations; if Roman time were employed, it would have been 9 AM], while he was wide awake, he had a vision in which an angel of God came to him [and spoke his name] “Cornelius.”

Acts 11:5

“I was in the city of Joppa and [one day], while praying, I fell into a trance [i.e., a semi­conscious, vision-like state] and saw a huge sheet-like container being lowered down from the sky by its four corners. As it came into view

Acts 10:17

Now while Peter was much perplexed over the meaning of this vision, the men sent by Cornelius, having learned where Simon [the tanner] lived, arrived at the gate [of his house],

Acts 9:10

Now [in the meantime] the Lord spoke in a vision to a certain disciple named Ananias [who lived] in Damascus. He called to him by name, “Ananias.” “Yes, Lord, here I am” Ananias replied.

John 2:5

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

Acts 12:8

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.”