Actuum Apostolorum 12
1 Eodem autem tempore misit Herodes rex manus, ut affligeret quosdam de Ecclesia.
Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.
2 Occidit autem Iacobum fratrem Ioannis gladio.
And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.
3 Videns autem quia placeret Iudaeis, apposuit ut apprehenderet et Petrum. Erant autem dies Azymorum.
And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.
4 Quem cum apprehendisset, misit in carcerem, tradens quattuor quaternionibus militum ad custodiendum, volens post Pascha producere eum populo.
And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take 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 made strong prayer 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.
And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of 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.
And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.
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.
Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.
9 Et exiens sequebatur eum, et nesciebat quia verum est, quod fiebat per angelum: existimabat enim se visum videre.
And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was 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.
And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.
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.
And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.
12 Consideransque venit ad domum Mariae matris Ioannis, qui cognominatus est Marcus, ubi erant multi congregati, et orantes.
And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.
13 Pulsante autem eo ostium ianuae, processit puella ad videndum, nomine Rhode.
And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.
14 Et ut cognovit vocem Petri, prae gaudio non aperuit ianuam, sed intro currens nunciavit stare Petrum ante ianuam.
And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.
15 At illi dixerunt ad eam: Insanis. Illa autem affirmabat sic se habere. Illi autem dicebant: Angelus eius est.
And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.
16 Petrus autem perseverabat pulsans. Cum autem aperuissent ostium, viderunt eum, et obstupuerunt.
But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.
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.
But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.
18 Facta autem die, erat non parva turbatio inter milites, quidnam factum esset de Petro.
Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about 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.
And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.
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 he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.
21 Statuto autem die Herodes vestitus veste regia, sedit pro tribunali, et concionabatur ad eos.
And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.
22 Populus autem acclamabat: Dei voces, et non hominis.
And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.
23 Confestim autem percussit eum Angelus Domini, eo quod non dedisset honorem Deo: et consumptus a vermibus, expiravit.
And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.
24 Verbum autem Domini crescebat, et multiplicabatur.
But the word of the Lord went on increasing.
25 Barnabas autem et Saulus reversi sunt ab Ierosolymis expleto ministerio, assumpto Ioanne, qui cognominatus est Marcus.
And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.
