Acts 12:6

The Text-Critical English New Testament

The very night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while the guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

Cross References

Matthew 28:4

The guards were so afraid of him that they trembled 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

Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. He then asked who he was and what he had done.

Acts 28:20

That is why I have asked to see you and speak with you, for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

Acts 5:23

“We found the prison locked up in complete security and the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened the doors, we found no one inside.”

Ephesians 6:20

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

2 Timothy 1:16

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

Hebrews 13:6

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will not fear anything that man might do to me.”