Acts 12:6

New International Version

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.

Cross References

Genesis 22:14

So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

Psalm 4:8

In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the captives from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:4

But today I am freeing you from the chains on your wrists. Come with me to Babylon, if you like, and I will look after you; but if you do not want to, then don’t come. Look, the whole country lies before you; go wherever you please.”

Matthew 28:4

The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

Acts 21:33

The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to 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 talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

Acts 5:23

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said I would scatter them and erase their name from human memory,

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

Hebrews 13:6

So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”