Acts 12:5-7

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⁵ So Peter was kept in prison. But the church prayed earnestly to God on his behalf.

Peter’s rescue and Rhoda’s mistake

⁶ On the night when Herod was intending to bring Peter out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. There were guards on the doors, watching the prison. ⁷ Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood there, and a light shone in the cell.

The angel hit Peter on the side and woke him up.

“Get up quickly!” he said.

The chains fell off his hands.