Acts 12:6

Good News Translation

The night before Herod was going to bring him out to the people, Peter was sleeping between two guards. He was tied with two chains, and there were guards on duty at the prison gate.

Cross References

Genesis 22:14

Abraham named that place “The Lord Provides.” And even today people say, “On the Lord's mountain he provides.”

Psalm 4:8

When I lie down, I go to sleep in peace; you alone, O Lord, keep me perfectly safe.

Jeremiah 40:1

The Lord spoke to me after Nebuzaradan, the commanding officer, had set me free at Ramah. I had been taken there in chains, along with all the other people from Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken away as prisoners to Babylonia.

Jeremiah 40:4

Now, I am taking the chains off your wrists and setting you free. If you want to go to Babylonia with me, you may do so, and I will take care of you. But if you don't want to go, you don't have to. You have the whole country to choose from, and you may go wherever you wish.”

Matthew 28:4

The guards were so afraid that they trembled and became like dead men.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in jail, but the people of the church were praying earnestly to God for him.

Acts 21:33

The commander went over to Paul, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked, “Who is this man, and what has he done?”

Acts 28:20

That is why I asked to see you and talk with you. As a matter of fact, I am bound in chains like this for the sake of him for whom the people of Israel hope.”

Acts 5:23

“When we arrived at the jail, we found it locked up tight and all the guards on watch at the gates; but when we opened the gates, we found no one inside!”

Ephesians 6:20

For the sake of this gospel I am an ambassador, though now I am in prison. Pray that I may be bold in speaking about the gospel as I should.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I would have destroyed them completely, so that no one would remember them.

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he cheered me up many times. He was not ashamed that I am in prison,

Hebrews 13:6

Let us be bold, then, and say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?”