Actuum Apostolorum 12
1 Eodem autem tempore misit Herodes rex manus, ut affligeret quosdam de Ecclesia.
Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church so that he might mistreat them.
2 Occidit autem Iacobum fratrem Ioannis gladio.
He killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 Videns autem quia placeret Iudaeis, apposuit ut apprehenderet et Petrum. Erant autem dies Azymorum.
After he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. That was during the days of unleavened bread.
4 Quem cum apprehendisset, misit in carcerem, tradens quattuor quaternionibus militum ad custodiendum, volens post Pascha producere eum populo.
After arresting him, he put him in prison, assigning him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him; he was intending to bring him 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 the prison, but prayer was made earnestly to God for him by those in the church.
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 going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over 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.
Behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared by him, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him and said, “Get up quickly,” and his chains fell 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.
The angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” Peter did so. The angel said to him, “Put on your outer garment 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 the angel and went out. He did not know that what was done by the angel was real. He thought 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.
After they had passed by the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that led into the city; it opened for them by itself. They went out and went down a street, and the angel left him right 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.
When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”
12 Consideransque venit ad domum Mariae matris Ioannis, qui cognominatus est Marcus, ubi erant multi congregati, et orantes.
When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.
13 Pulsante autem eo ostium ianuae, processit puella ad videndum, nomine Rhode.
When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.
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, out of joy she failed to open the door; instead, she came running into the room; she reported that Peter was standing at the door.
15 At illi dixerunt ad eam: Insanis. Illa autem affirmabat sic se habere. Illi autem dicebant: Angelus eius est.
So they said to her, “You are insane.” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”
16 Petrus autem perseverabat pulsans. Cum autem aperuissent ostium, viderunt eum, et obstupuerunt.
But Peter continued knocking, and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.
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 to them with his hand to be silent, and he told them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. He said, “Report these things to James and the brothers.” Then he left and went to another place.
18 Facta autem die, erat non parva turbatio inter milites, quidnam factum esset de Petro.
Now when it became day, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers over what had happened to 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 and could not find him, he questioned the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed 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 very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They went to him together. They persuaded Blastus, the king's assistant, to help them. Then they asked for peace, because their country received its food from the king's country.
21 Statuto autem die Herodes vestitus veste regia, sedit pro tribunali, et concionabatur ad eos.
On a set day Herod dressed himself in royal clothing and sat on a throne; he made a speech to them.
22 Populus autem acclamabat: Dei voces, et non hominis.
The people shouted, “This 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.
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory; he was eaten by worms and died.
24 Verbum autem Domini crescebat, et multiplicabatur.
But the word of God increased and multiplied.
25 Barnabas autem et Saulus reversi sunt ab Ierosolymis expleto ministerio, assumpto Ioanne, qui cognominatus est Marcus.
So when Barnabas and Saul had completed their mission, they returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
