Actuum Apostolorum 12
1 Eodem autem tempore misit Herodes rex manus, ut affligeret quosdam de Ecclesia.
Now, at about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands to ill- treat certain members of the church;
2 Occidit autem Iacobum fratrem Ioannis gladio.
and beheaded James, the brother of John, with the sword.
3 Videns autem quia placeret Iudaeis, apposuit ut apprehenderet et Petrum. Erant autem dies Azymorum.
And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. (This 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.
He had him arrested and thrown in prison, and put under guard of sixteen soldiers. He intended, after the Passover, to bring him forth to the people.
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 earnest prayer to God was made by the church 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.
Now when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that very night, while Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with chains, and sentries before the door were guarding 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.
suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he woke him saying, "Rise up quickly." At once the chains dropped from 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.
"Gird yourself," said the angel, "and put on your sandals." He did so. Then he said unto him, "Throw your cloak about you, and follow me."
9 Et exiens sequebatur eum, et nesciebat quia verum est, quod fiebat per angelum: existimabat enim se visum videre.
So Peter went out, following him, but did not realize that what the angel was doing was real, but supposed 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 passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that led to the city. This opened to them of its own accord; and they went out passed on through one street; and suddenly the angel left him.
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.
Peter, coming to himself, said, "Now I know for a certainty that the Lord has sent his angel and released me from the hand of Herod, and from all that the Jewish people were anticipating."
12 Consideransque venit ad domum Mariae matris Ioannis, qui cognominatus est Marcus, ubi erant multi congregati, et orantes.
So, after he had thought things over, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, surnamed Mark, where a large number of people were assembled, praying.
13 Pulsante autem eo ostium ianuae, processit puella ad videndum, nomine Rhode.
When he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid servant named Rhoda came to answer.
14 Et ut cognovit vocem Petri, prae gaudio non aperuit ianuam, sed intro currens nunciavit stare Petrum ante ianuam.
And when she recognized Peter’s voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
15 At illi dixerunt ad eam: Insanis. Illa autem affirmabat sic se habere. Illi autem dicebant: Angelus eius est.
"You are mad," they said. But she confidently insisted that it was so. "It is his angel," they said.
16 Petrus autem perseverabat pulsans. Cum autem aperuissent ostium, viderunt eum, et obstupuerunt.
Meanwhile Peter continued to knock, until at last they opened the door, and were amazed to see that it was really he.
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.
He motioned to them to keep quiet, and told them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Tell all this to James," he said, "and to the brothers," and away he went to another place.
18 Facta autem die, erat non parva turbatio inter milites, quidnam factum esset de Petro.
When morning came there was no small stir among the soldiers as to what could possibly have 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.
Then Herod had search made for him, and could not find him. After sharply questioning the guards, he ordered them off to execution. He then went down from Judea to Caesarea, where he stayed for some 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 Herod was violently displeased with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him, with one accord, and after conciliating Blastus, the royal chamberlain, they begged for peace because their country depended upon the king’s country for its food supply.
21 Statuto autem die Herodes vestitus veste regia, sedit pro tribunali, et concionabatur ad eos.
So on the appointed day, Herod put on his royal robes, and after taking his seat upon the throne, began to harangue them.
22 Populus autem acclamabat: Dei voces, et non hominis.
"The voice of a god, and not of a man," the people kept shouting.
23 Confestim autem percussit eum Angelus Domini, eo quod non dedisset honorem Deo: et consumptus a vermibus, expiravit.
Instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he had not given God the glory, and being eaten up by worms, he died.
24 Verbum autem Domini crescebat, et multiplicabatur.
But the word of God grew and multiplied;
25 Barnabas autem et Saulus reversi sunt ab Ierosolymis expleto ministerio, assumpto Ioanne, qui cognominatus est Marcus.
and after discharging their mission, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John, surnamed Mark.
