Acts 12:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Peter recovered his senses and said, “Now I know for certain that [the] Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people had been expecting.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram: Know for certain that your descendants will reside as aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

Genesis 18:13

But the Lord said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really bear a child, old as I am?’

Genesis 26:9

He called for Isaac and said: “She must certainly be your wife! How could you have said, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “I thought I might lose my life on her account.”

2 Samuel 22:1

David proclaimed the words of this song to the Lord when the Lord had rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the grasp of Saul.

2 Chronicles 16:9

The eyes of the Lord roam over the whole earth, to encourage those who are devoted to him wholeheartedly. You have acted foolishly in this matter, for from now on you will have wars.”

Job 31:31

Had not the men of my tent exclaimed, “Who has not been filled with his meat!”

Job 5:19

Out of six troubles he will deliver you, and at the seventh no evil shall touch you.

Psalm 109:31

For he stands at the right hand of the poor to save him from those who pass judgment on him.

Psalm 33:18

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear him, upon those who count on his mercy,

Psalm 33:19

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive through famine.

Psalm 34:22

Evil will slay the wicked; those who hate the righteous are condemned.

Psalm 34:7

This poor one cried out and the Lord heard, and from all his distress he saved him.

Psalm 41:2

Blessed the one concerned for the poor; on a day of misfortune, the Lord delivers him.

Psalm 97:10

You who love the Lord, hate evil, he protects the souls of the faithful, rescues them from the hand of the wicked.

Daniel 3:25

Azariah stood up in the midst of the fire and prayed aloud:

Daniel 3:28

You have executed proper judgments in all that you have brought upon us and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors. By a proper judgment you have done all this because of our sins;

Daniel 6:22

Daniel answered the king: “O king, live forever!

Luke 15:17

Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger.

Acts 12:7

Suddenly the angel of the Lord stood by him and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and awakened him, saying, “Get up quickly.” The chains fell from his wrists.

Acts 24:27

Two years passed and Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, Felix left Paul in prison.

Acts 25:9

Then Festus, wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, said to Paul in reply, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there stand trial before me on these charges?”

Acts 5:19

But during the night, the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits sent to serve, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the devout from trial and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,