Acts 12:8
6 On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
9 So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”
- ASV
- And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
- DARBY
- And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me.
- BLB
- And the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he says to him, “Wrap around [you] your cloak and follow me.”
- ÅB
- Og engelen sa til ham: Bind opp om deg og knyt dine sko på deg! Han gjorde så. Og han sier til ham: Kast din kappe om deg, og følg meg!
- OTB
- Engelen instruerte ham: "Ta på deg beltet og sandalene." Peter gjorde det. Så sa han: "Surr kappen rundt deg og følg meg."
- B1930
- Og engelen sa til ham: Bind op om dig og knyt dine sko på dig! Han gjorde så. Og han sier til ham: Kast din kappe om dig, og følg mig!