Actus Apostolorum

Actus, chapter 12, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 12 Vulgate

   1 Illo autem tempore, misit Herodes rex manus, ut affli geret quosdam de ecclesia.
   2 Occidit autem Iacobum fratrem Ioannis gladio.
   3 Videns autem quia placeret Iudaeis, apposuit apprehendere et Petrum - erant autem dies Azymorum -
   4 quem cum apprehendisset, misit in carcerem tradens quattuor quaternionibus militum custodire eum, volens post Pascha producere eum populo.
   5 Et Petrus quidem servabatur in carcere; oratio autem fiebat sine intermissione ab ecclesia ad Deum pro eo.
   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.
   7 Et ecce angelus Domini astitit, et lumen refulsit in habitaculo; percusso autem latere Petri, suscitavit eum dicens: "Surge velociter!". Et ceciderunt catenae de manibus eius.
   8 Dixit autem angelus ad eum: "Praecingere et calcea te sandalia tua!". Et fecit sic. Et dicit illi: "Circumda tibi vestimentum tuum et sequere me!".
   9 Et exiens sequebatur et nesciebat quia verum est, quod fiebat per angelum; aestimabat autem se visum videre.
   10 Transeuntes autem primam custodiam et secundam venerunt ad portam ferream, quae ducit ad civitatem, quae ultro aperta est eis, et exeuntes processerunt vicum unum, et continuo discessit angelus ab eo.
   11 Et Petrus ad se reversus dixit: "Nunc scio vere quia misit Dominus angelum suum et eripuit me de manu Herodis et de omni exspectatione plebis Iudaeorum".
   12 Consideransque venit ad domum Mariae matris Ioannis, qui cognominatur Marcus, ubi erant multi congregati et orantes.
   13 Pulsante autem eo ostium ianuae, processit puella ad audiendum, nomine Rhode;
   14 et ut cognovit vocem Petri, prae gaudio non aperuit ianuam, sed intro currens nuntiavit stare Petrum ante ianuam.
   15 At illi dixerunt ad eam: "Insanis!". Illa autem affirmabat sic se habere. Illi autem dicebant: "Angelus eius est".
   16 Petrus autem perseverabat pulsans; cum autem aperuissent, viderunt eum et obstupuerunt.
   17 Annuens autem eis manu, ut tacerent, enarravit quomodo Dominus eduxisset eum de carcere dixitque: "Nuntiate Iacobo ct fratribus haec". Et egressus abiit in alium locum.
   18 Facta autem die, erat non parva turbatio inter milites, quidnam de Petro factum esset.
   19 Herodes autem, cum requisisset eum et non invenisset, interrogatis custodibus, iussit eos abduci; descendensque a Iudaea in Caesaream ibi commorabatur.
   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 aleretur regio eorum ab annona regis.
   21 Statuto autem die, Herodes, vestitus veste regia, sedens pro tribunalicontionabatur ad eos;
   22 populus autem acclamabat: "Dei vox et non hominis!".
   23 Confestim autem percussit eum angelus Domini, eo quod non dedisset gloriam Deo; et consumptus a vermibus exspiravit.
   24 Verbum autem Dei crescebat et multiplicabatur.
   25 Barnabas autem et Saulus reversi sunt in Ierusalem expleto ministerio, assumpto Ioanne, qui cognominatus est Marcus.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
   2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
   3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
   4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
   5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
   6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
   7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
   8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
   9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
   10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
   11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
   12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
   13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
   14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
   15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
   16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
   17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
   18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
   19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
   20 ¶ And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
   21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
   22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
   23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
   24 ¶ But the word of God grew and multiplied.
   25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.