Acts 12:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hands of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years,

Genesis 18:13

The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’

Genesis 26:9

So Abimelech called for Isaac and said, “So she is your wife! Why, then, did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought I might die because of her.”

2 Samuel 22:1

David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth to strengthen those whose heart is true to him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”

Job 31:31

if those of my tent ever said, ‘O that we might be sated with his flesh!’—

Job 5:19

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no harm shall touch you.

Psalm 109:31

For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save them from those who would condemn them to death.

Psalm 33:18

Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

Psalm 33:19

to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

Psalm 34:22

The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

Psalm 34:7

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him and delivers them.

Psalm 41:2

The Lord protects them and keeps them alive; they are called happy in the land. You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.

Psalm 97:10

You who love the Lord, hate evil; he guards the lives of his faithful; he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.

Daniel 3:25

He replied, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not hurt, and the fourth has the appearance of a god.”

Daniel 3:28

Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him. They disobeyed the king’s command and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.

Daniel 6:22

My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.”

Luke 15:17

But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!

Acts 12:7

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

Acts 24:27

After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and since he wanted to grant the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Acts 25:9

But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?”

Acts 5:19

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

Hebrews 1:14

Are not all angels spirits in the divine service, 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 godly from trial and to keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment, when they will be punished