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Acts 12:9

Doubt

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.

8 “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.”

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.

11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

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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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
ASV
And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.
DARBY
And going forth he followed [him] and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.
BLB
And having gone out, he was following, and he did not know that what is happening by means of the angel is real, but he was thinking he saw a vision.
ÅB
Han gikk da ut og fulgte ham, og han forsto ikke at det som engelen gjorde, var virkelig, han trodde han så et syn.
OTB
Peter fulgte ham ut av fengselet, men han skjønte ikke at det som skjedde var virkelig; han trodde han så et syn.
B1930
Han gikk da ut og fulgte ham, og han forstod ikke at det som engelen gjorde, var virkelig, han trodde han så et syn.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 126:1

    When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

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  • Hebrews 11:8

    By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

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  • Genesis 45:26

    “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

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  • Acts 26:19

    So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

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  • Acts 10:3

    One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

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  • Acts 11:5

    “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

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  • Acts 9:10

    In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.

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  • John 2:5

    His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

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