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Acts 12:6Acts.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.

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

La nuit qui précéda le jour où Hérode allait le faire comparaître, Pierre, lié de deux chaînes, dormait entre deux soldats; et des sentinelles devant la porte gardaient la prison.

KJV

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.

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…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 188 (Migne)

    ente angelo, in se reversus rei veritatem agnovit, et pro ereptione sui suo liberatori gratias egit (Act. XII, 3-11) . Ad fratres, qui in domo Mariae matris Joannis cognomine Marci congregati erant, venit, eoque pulsante ostium, Rode puella ad videndum processit. Cognita vero v…

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