Acts 11:13   (Read all of Acts 11)

He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

Acts 12:3   (Read all of Acts 12)

When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

Acts 12:5   (Read all of Acts 12)

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

Acts 12:6   (Read all of Acts 12)

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.

Acts 12:7   (Read all of Acts 12)

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!" he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists.

Acts 12:8   (Read all of Acts 12)

Then the angel said to him, "Put on your clothes and sandals." And Peter did so. "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me," the angel told him.

Acts 12:9   (Read all of Acts 12)

Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.

Acts 12:11   (Read all of Acts 12)

Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen."

Acts 12:13   (Read all of Acts 12)

Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.

Acts 12:14   (Read all of Acts 12)

When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, "Peter is at the door!"

Acts 12:16   (Read all of Acts 12)

But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

Acts 12:17   (Read all of Acts 12)

Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Tell James and the other brothers and sisters about this," he said, and then he left for another place.

Acts 12:18   (Read all of Acts 12)

In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

Acts 15:7   (Read all of Acts 15)

After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

Galatians 2:7   (Read all of Galatians 2)

On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

Galatians 2:8   (Read all of Galatians 2)

For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.

1 Peter 1:1   (Read all of 1 Peter 1)

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God's elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,

2 Peter 1:1   (Read all of 2 Peter 1)

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: