Acts 12:6

New American Bible - revised edition

On the very night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter, secured by double chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while outside the door guards kept watch on the prison.

Cross References

Genesis 22:14

Abraham named that place Yahweh-yireh; hence people today say, “On the mountain the Lord will provide.”

Psalm 4:8

But you have given my heart more joy than they have when grain and wine abound.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, had released him in Ramah, where he found him a prisoner in chains among the captives of Jerusalem and Judah being exiled to Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:4

Now, I release you today from the chains upon your hands; if you want to come with me to Babylon, then come: I will look out for you. But if you do not want to come to Babylon, very well. See, the whole land lies before you; go wherever you think good and proper.

Matthew 28:4

The guards were shaken with fear of him and became like dead men.

Acts 12:5

Peter thus was being kept in prison, but prayer by the church was fervently being made to God on his behalf.

Acts 21:33

The cohort commander came forward, arrested him, and ordered him to be secured with two chains; he tried to find out who he might be and what he had done.

Acts 28:20

This is the reason, then, I have requested to see you and to speak with you, for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I wear these chains.”

Acts 5:23

“We found the jail securely locked and the guards stationed outside the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains, so that I may have the courage to speak as I must. A Final Message.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said: I will make an end of them and blot out their name from human memory,

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus because he often gave me new heart and was not ashamed of my chains.

Hebrews 13:6

Thus we may say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper, [and] I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?”