The Angel's Hand · First mission
Peter's Prison
Jerusalem · Acts 12
In the morning King Herod brings Peter out. He has to be gone tonight.
The soldiers and guards can't see you. Only Peter can.
You are the angel. Push the scene with your hand until Peter's Prison ends the way the text says. No rewind, no peeking at the text: First try.
What happens in Acts 12
It was the night before Herod meant to bring Peter out.
Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards kept the prison door.
An angel of the Lord stood by him and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter on the side and woke him, and the chains fell from his hands.
The angel told him to put on his belt, his sandals and his cloak and to follow. They passed the first and the second guard, and the iron gate into the city opened by itself.
Peter went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, and knocked. A servant girl named Rhoda knew his voice but was so glad that she ran in without opening the door. The people inside said it must be his angel.
When they finally opened, Peter told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison.
Acts 12:6-17 · World English Bible
6 The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands.
8 The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak, and follow me.”
9 And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
10 When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
11 When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”
12 Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
13 When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she didn’t open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
15 They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”
16 But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James, and to the brothers.” Then he departed, and went to another place.
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