Acts 12:7

An angel of the Lord appeared, light filled the cell, and Peter's chains fell off as he was told to rise quickly. God breaks every chain to free His servant.

Cross-references · 32

• Acts 5:19But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
• Acts 16:26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
• Ps 146:7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
• Ps 105:18–20Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
• Ps 142:6–7Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
• Gen 19:15–16And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
• Acts 27:23–24For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
• Ps 34:7The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
• Ps 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
• Acts 10:30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
• Luke 2:9And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
• Luke 24:4And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
• Dan 6:22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
• Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
• Eph 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
• Mic 7:9I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
• Dan 3:24–25Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
• Acts 12:23And 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.
• 1 Kgs 19:7And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
• 1 Kgs 19:5And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
• Ps 116:16O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
• Acts 9:3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
• Isa 60:1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
• Ps 37:32–33The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
• Ezek 43:2And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
• Hab 3:4And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
• 2 Sam 22:29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
• Rev 18:1And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
• Acts 12:6And 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.
• Hab 3:11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
• Isa 37:30And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
• Heb 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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