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Acts 12:17Acts.12.17

But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Pierre, leur ayant de la main fait signe de se taire, leur raconta comment le Seigneur l'avait tiré de la prison, et il dit: Annoncez-le à Jacques et aux frères. Puis il sortit, et s'en alla dans un autre lieu.

KJV

But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    ν καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτόν. καὶ οὕτως ἀμφότεροι ὁμοῦ ἐκαρατομήθησαν. l Cf. George syncellus 633, 11–18. Acts 12, 3–17 Τότε δῆτα, ὥς φησιν ἡ θεία γραφή, ἰδὼν Ἡρῴδης ἐπὶ τῆ τοῦ Ἰακώβου ἀναιρέσει πρὸς ἡδονῆς γεγονὸς τὸ πραχθὲν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις, ἐπιτίθεται καὶ Πέτρῳ, δεσμοῖς τε αὐτὸν παρα…

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