Acts 12:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:29

Yea, thou art my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.

1 Kings 19:5

And he lay down and slept under a broom tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.”

1 Kings 19:7

And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, else the journey will be too great for you.”

Psalm 107:14

he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder.

Psalm 116:16

O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds.

Psalm 146:7

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;

Psalm 34:7

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

Psalm 68:6

God gives the desolate a home to dwell in; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Isaiah 37:30

“And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same; then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

Isaiah 60:1

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Ezekiel 43:2

And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east; and the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with his glory.

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, and set at naught 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, and they have not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.”

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his deliverance.

Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation at the light of thine arrows as they sped, at the flash of thy glittering spear.

Habakkuk 3:4

His brightness was like the light, rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.

Matthew 2:13

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”

Luke 2:9

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.

Luke 24:4

While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel;

Acts 10:30

And Cornelius said, “Four days ago, about this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died.

Acts 12:6

The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison;

Acts 12:8

And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your mantle around you and follow me.”

Acts 16:26

and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one's fetters were unfastened.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Acts 5:19

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

Acts 9:3

Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him.

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.”

Hebrews 1:14

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

Revelation 18:1

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendor.