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Acts 12 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:1 - Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - He killed Ya`akov, the brother of Yochanan, with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:3 - When he saw that it pleased the Yehudim, he proceeded to seize Rock also. This was during the days of matzah.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Pesach.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - Rock therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Rock was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7 - And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Rock on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:8 - 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."
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:9 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:11 - When Rock had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Yehudi people were expecting."
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:12 - Thinking about that, he came to the house of Miryam, the mother of Yochanan whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13 - When Rock knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - When she recognized Rock's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Rock was standing in front of the gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:15 - They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:16 - But Rock continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to Ya`akov, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:18 - Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 - When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Yehudah to Caesarea, and stayed there.

Death of Herod

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tzor and Tzidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, they asked for shalom, because their country depended on the king's country for food.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:21 - On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:22 - The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:23 - Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:24 - But the word of God grew and multiplied.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:25 - Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul returned to Yerushalayim, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them Yochanan whose surname was Mark.
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