Acts 12:7

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:29

You are my lamp, O Lord! My God brightens the darkness about me.

1 Kings 19:5

He lay down and fell asleep under the solitary broom tree, but suddenly a messenger touched him and said, “Get up and eat!”

1 Kings 19:7

but the angel of the Lord came back a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat or the journey will be too much for you!”

Psalm 107:14

He brought them forth from darkness and the shadow of death and broke their chains asunder.

Psalm 116:16

Lord, I am your servant, your servant, the child of your maidservant; you have loosed my bonds.

Psalm 146:7

secures justice for the oppressed, who gives bread to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free;

Psalm 34:7

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

Psalm 68:6

Father of the fatherless, defender of widows— God in his holy abode,

Isaiah 37:30

This shall be a sign for you: This year you shall eat the aftergrowth, next year, what grows of itself; But in the third year, sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit!

Isaiah 60:1

Arise! Shine, for your light has come, the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.

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.

Ezekiel 43:2

and there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east! His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.

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!

Micah 7:9

I will endure the wrath of the Lord because I have sinned against him, Until he pleads my case, and establishes my right. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see his righteousness.

Habakkuk 3:11

the moon left its lofty station, At the light of your flying arrows, at the gleam of your flashing spear.

Habakkuk 3:4

his splendor spread like the light. He raised his horns high, he rejoiced on the day of his strength.

Matthew 2:13

When they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.”

Luke 2:9

The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.

Luke 24:4

While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them.

Acts 10:30

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, three o’clock in the afternoon, I was at prayer in my house when suddenly a man in dazzling robes stood before me and said,

Acts 12:23

At once the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not ascribe the honor to God, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

Acts 12:6

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.

Acts 12:8

The angel said to him, “Put on your belt and your sandals.” He did so. Then he said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”

Acts 16:26

there was suddenly such a severe earthquake that the foundations of the jail shook; all the doors flew open, and the chains of all were pulled loose.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it.

Acts 5:19

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

Acts 9:3

On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.

Ephesians 5:14

for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says: “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”

Hebrews 1:14

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

Revelation 18:1

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth became illumined by his splendor.