Acts 12:6

Modern English Version

The very night when Herod would have brought him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. And the guards before the door were securing the prison.

Cross References

Genesis 22:14

Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord it will be provided.”

Psalm 4:8

I will both lie down in peace and sleep; for You, Lord, make me dwell safely and securely.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all who were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried away captive to Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:4

Now, behold, I release you this day from the chains which are on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come and I will look well after you. But if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, never mind. See, all the land is before you. Go wherever it seems good and right for you to go.”

Matthew 28:4

The soldiers shook for fear of him and became like dead men.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison. But the church prayed to God without ceasing for him.

Acts 21:33

Then the commander came and arrested him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

Acts 28:20

For this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, because I am bound with this chain for the hope of Israel.”

Acts 5:23

“We found the prison securely shut and the guards standing outside before the doors. But when we opened it, we found no one inside.”

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said, “I want to cut them into pieces; I will cause the memory of them to disappear from among men,”

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

Hebrews 13:6

So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”