Acts 12:5

Plain English Version

Peter stayed there in jail, and the other Christians prayed for him a lot.

Cross References

Matthew 18:19

I’m telling you this again. If you agree together about something, even if it is only 2 of you, and then you ask my father in heaven to do that thing, then he will do it for you.

Luke 18:1

Jesus told his followers a picture story to teach them to keep on praying to God, and never give up.

Acts 12:12

After Peter thought that, he went to Mary’s house. She was the mother of John Mark. A lot of Christians were there in her house, and they were praying for Peter.

Acts 12:4

So Herod thought, “I will wait until the end of that ceremony, then I will judge Peter and kill him.” So they put Peter in jail, and Herod told 4 little mobs of soldiers to guard Peter there. Those little mobs had 4 soldiers each, and they took turns to guard Peter.

Acts 12:6

That Jewish ceremony was almost finished, and Herod was going to judge Peter the next day. That night, Peter was asleep in that jail. There was one soldier on each side of him, and they tied each of his hands with chains to those soldiers. And 2 other soldiers stood at the gate of the jail.

1 Corinthians 12:26

If one part of a body hurts, every other part hurts with it. Or if one part of a body is feeling good, every other part is happy with it.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Be ready to pray to God at any time. –

James 5:16

So whenever you go wrong and do bad things, don’t try to say that you are still good. No. Tell each other the true story about the bad things that you did. Then you can pray for each other, so that God can make you good again. Whenever a good person prays to God about something, then God uses his power and does whatever that good person asks for.