Actuum Apostolorum 12
1 Eodem autem tempore misit Herodes rex manus, ut affligeret quosdam de Ecclesia.
About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
2 Occidit autem Iacobum fratrem Ioannis gladio.
He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
3 Videns autem quia placeret Iudaeis, apposuit ut apprehenderet et Petrum. Erant autem dies Azymorum.
And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
4 Quem cum apprehendisset, misit in carcerem, tradens quattuor quaternionibus militum ad custodiendum, volens post Pascha producere eum populo.
He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
5 Et Petrus quidem servabatur in carcere. Oratio autem fiebant sine intermissione ab Ecclesia ad Deum pro eo.
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
6 Cum autem producturus eum esset Herodes, in ipsa nocte erat Petrus dormiens inter duos milites, vinctus catenis duabus: et custodes ante ostium custodiebant carcerem.
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
7 Et ecce Angelus Domini astitit: et lumen refulsit in habitaculo: percussoque latere Petri, excitavit eum, dicens: Surge velociter. Et ceciderunt catenae de manibus eius.
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
8 Dixit autem Angelus ad eum: Praecingere, et calcea te caligas tuas. Et fecit sic. Et dixit illi: Circumda tibi vestimentum tuum, et sequere me.
“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
9 Et exiens sequebatur eum, et nesciebat quia verum est, quod fiebat per angelum: existimabat enim se visum videre.
So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
10 Transeuntes autem primam et secundam custodiam, venerunt ad portam ferream, quae ducit ad civitatem: quae ultro aperta est eis. Et exeuntes processerunt vicum unum: et continuo discessit Angelus ab eo.
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
11 Et Petrus ad se reversus, dixit: Nunc scio vere quia misit Dominus Angelum suum, et eripuit me de manu Herodis, et de omni expectatione plebis Iudaeorum.
Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
12 Consideransque venit ad domum Mariae matris Ioannis, qui cognominatus est Marcus, ubi erant multi congregati, et orantes.
And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
13 Pulsante autem eo ostium ianuae, processit puella ad videndum, nomine Rhode.
He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
14 Et ut cognovit vocem Petri, prae gaudio non aperuit ianuam, sed intro currens nunciavit stare Petrum ante ianuam.
When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
15 At illi dixerunt ad eam: Insanis. Illa autem affirmabat sic se habere. Illi autem dicebant: Angelus eius est.
“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
16 Petrus autem perseverabat pulsans. Cum autem aperuissent ostium, viderunt eum, et obstupuerunt.
But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
17 Annuens autem eis manu ut tacerent, narravit quomodo Dominus eduxisset eum de carcere, dixitque: Nunciate Iacobo, et fratribus haec. Et egressus abiit in alium locum.
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
18 Facta autem die, erat non parva turbatio inter milites, quidnam factum esset de Petro.
At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
19 Herodes autem cum requisisset eum, et non invenisset, inquisitione facta de custodibus, iussit eos duci: descendensque a Iudaea in Caesaream, ibi commoratus est.
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
20 Erat autem iratus Tyriis, et Sidoniis. At illi unanimes venerunt ad eum, et persuaso Blasto, qui erat super cubiculum regis, postulabant pacem, eo quod alerentur regiones eorum ab illo.
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
21 Statuto autem die Herodes vestitus veste regia, sedit pro tribunali, et concionabatur ad eos.
On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
22 Populus autem acclamabat: Dei voces, et non hominis.
And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
23 Confestim autem percussit eum Angelus Domini, eo quod non dedisset honorem Deo: et consumptus a vermibus, expiravit.
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
24 Verbum autem Domini crescebat, et multiplicabatur.
But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
25 Barnabas autem et Saulus reversi sunt ab Ierosolymis expleto ministerio, assumpto Ioanne, qui cognominatus est Marcus.
When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
