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Acts 12:10

When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

KJV

διελθόντες δὲ πρώτην φυλακὴν καὶ δευτέραν ἦλθαν ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην τὴν σιδηρᾶν τὴν φέρουσαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἥτις αὐτομάτη ἠνοίγη αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐξελθόντες προῆλθον ῥύμην μίαν, καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέστη ὁ ἄγγελος ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Transeuntes autem primam et secundam custodiam, venerunt ad portam ferream, quæ ducit ad civitatem : quæ ultro aperta est eis. Et exeuntes processerunt vicum unum : et continuo discessit angelus ab eo.

Vulgate

And when they were past the first and the second guard, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightway the angel departed from him.

ASV

And passing through the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city which of itself opened to them. And going out, they passed on through one street. And immediately the angel departed from him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

26 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτόματος
automatos
adjective · 2×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δεύτερος
deuteros
adjective · 42×
διέρχομαι
dierchomai
verb · 41×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
εὐθέως
eutheos
adverb · 85×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
προέρχομαι
proerchomai
verb · 8×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
πύλη
pule
noun · 10×
σιδήρεος
sidereos
adjective · 5×
φέρω
phero
verb · 68×
φυλακή
phulake
noun · 46×
ἀνοίγω
anoigo
verb · 76×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἀφίστημι
aphistemi
verb · 14×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
ῥύμη
rume
noun · 4×

Theophany

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§334In the meantime, the whole life of the Church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of angels.201

Cross-references

  • Acts 5:19 — But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
  • Acts 12:4 — And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
  • Acts 16:26 — And 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.
  • Acts 16:26 — And 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.
  • Gen 40:3 — And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
  • Gen 42:17 — And he put them all together into ward three days.
  • Isa 21:8 — And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
  • Isa 45:1 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates
  • John 20:19 — Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them,
  • Matt 17:8 — And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
  • Num 15:34 — And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.