Acts 12:6

New Century Version

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Other soldiers were guarding the door of the jail.

Cross References

Genesis 22:14

So Abraham named that place The Lord Provides. Even today people say, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

Psalm 4:8

I go to bed and sleep in peace, because, Lord, only you keep me safe.

Jeremiah 40:1

The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, commander of the guards, had set Jeremiah free at the city of Ramah. He had found Jeremiah in Ramah bound in chains with all the captives from Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken away to Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:4

But today I am freeing you from the chains on your wrists. If you want to, come with me to Babylon, and I will take good care of you. But if you don’t want to come, then don’t. Look, the whole country is open to you. Go wherever you wish.”

Matthew 28:4

The soldiers guarding the tomb shook with fear because of the angel, and they became like dead men.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in jail, but the church prayed earnestly to God for him.

Acts 21:33

The commander went to Paul and arrested him. He told his soldiers to tie Paul with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done wrong.

Acts 28:20

That is why I wanted to see you and talk with you. I am bound with this chain because I believe in the hope of Israel.”

Acts 5:23

They said, “The jail was closed and locked, and the guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, the jail was empty!”

Ephesians 6:20

I have been sent to preach this Good News, and I am doing that now, here in prison. Pray that when I preach the Good News I will speak without fear, as I should.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I will scatter them as I said, and no one will remember them.

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, who has often helped me and was not ashamed that I was in prison.

Hebrews 13:6

So we can be sure when we say, “I will not be afraid, because the Lord is my helper. People can’t do anything to me.”