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Acts 12:6

And 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.

KJV

ὅτε δὲ ἤμελλεν προαγαγεῖν αὐτὸν ὁ Ἡρῴδης, τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ ἦν ὁ Πέτρος κοιμώμενος μεταξὺ δύο στρατιωτῶν δεδεμένος ἁλύσεσιν δυσίν, φύλακές τε πρὸ τῆς θύρας ἐτήρουν τὴν φυλακήν.

Greek NT

Cum autem producturus eum esset Herodes, in ipsa nocte erat Petrus dormiens inter duos milites, vinctus catenis duabus : et custodes ante ostium custodiebant carcerem.

Vulgate

And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.

ASV

And 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.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People PeterHerod the GreatHerod Antipas

In the original Greek

23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δέω
deo
verb · 43×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θύρα
thura
noun · 39×
κοιμάω
koimao
verb · 18×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
μεταξύ
metaxu
adverb · 9×
νύξ
nux
noun · 61×
προάγω
proago
verb · 20×
πρό
pro
preposition · 47×
στρατιώτης
stratiotes
noun · 26×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
φυλακή
phulake
noun · 46×
φύλαξ
phulax
noun · 3×
ἅλυσις
alusis
noun · 11×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
Ἡρώδης
erodes
noun · 43×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: προαγαγεῖν αὐτὸν | NIV: προαγαγεῖν αὐτὸν | WH: προσαγαγεῖν αὐτὸν | Treg: προάγειν αὐτὸν | RP: αὐτὸν προάγειν
  • προαγαγεῖν αὐτὸνSBLGNT
  • προαγαγεῖν αὐτὸνReader's GNT (NA27)
  • προσαγαγεῖν αὐτὸνWestcott-Hort
  • προάγειν αὐτὸνTregelles
  • αὐτὸν προάγεινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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

  • 1Sam 23:26 — And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roun
  • 2Tim 1:16 — The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
  • Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
  • Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
  • Eph 6:20 — For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Heb 13:6 — So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
  • Jer 40:1 — The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away ca
  • Lev 26:6 — And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
  • Phil 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
  • Ps 68:6 — God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
  • Ps 102:20 — To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;