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Acts 11
²⁹ Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea.
³⁰ This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 12
¹ Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.
² Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
³ And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread.
⁴ So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.
⁵ Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.
⁶ And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.
⁷ Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, "Arise quickly!" And his chains fell off his hands.
⁸ Then the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and tie on your sandals"; and so he did. And he said to him, "Put on your garment and follow me."
⁹ So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.