Episodes

Wednesday, 16 November 2022This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Acts 11:30The previous verse noted that the disciples in Antioch determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea. With that,...

Thursday, 17 November 2022Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.  Acts 12:1Acts 11 ended with a note concerning Barnabas and Saul carrying the gift from Antioch to Jerusalem. Chapter 12 begins ...

Friday, 18 November 2022Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword. Acts 12:2Acts 12 opened with the note that Herod the king had stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. With that noted, it next says, “Then he killed...

Saturday, 19 November 2022And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. Acts 12:3The previous verse noted the killing of James with the sword. Now, it cont...

Sunday, 20 November 2022So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover. Acts 12:4So far in the ongoing narrative, Peter has be...

Monday, 21 November 2022Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. Acts 12:5The previous verse referred to the arrest and incarceration of Peter, noting that it was intended that he should ...

Tuesday, 22 November 2022And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. Acts 12:6The previous words noted Peter havin...

Wednesday, 23 November 2022Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. Acts 12:7The previous vers...

Thursday, 24 November 2022Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.” Acts 12:8An angel of the Lord had just come to Peter, woke him up, and told h...

Friday, 25 November 2022So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. Acts 12:9In the previous verse, the angel that had come to Peter instructed him to gird hims...

Saturday, 26 November 2022When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel de...

Sunday, 27 November 2022And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.” Acts 12:11Peter was j...

Monday, 28 November 2022So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. Acts 12:12Peter had just collected himself enough to know that what had...

Tuesday, 29 November 2022And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. Acts 12:13In the previous verse, Peter arrived at the house of Mary, the mother of John who is also called Mark. The account said many wer...

Wednesday, 30 November 2022When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. Acts 12:14In the previous verse, the girl named Rhoda came to the door o...

Thursday, 1 December 2022But they said to her, “You are beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, “It is his angel.” Acts 12:15Rhoda ran into the house and announced that Peter was outside. Now, Luke records the sur...

Friday, 2 December 2022Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. Acts 12:16The previous verse noted the insistence by Rhoda that Peter was at the door. With that remembered, it next says, “No...

Saturday, 3 December 2022But motioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren.” And he departed and went to another...

Sunday, 4 December 2022Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter. Acts 12:18In the previous verse, Peter declared all that had occurred in bringing him out of prison. He then left the...

Monday, 5 December 2022“But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death.And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.” Acts 12:19The previous words told ...

Tuesday, 6 December 2022Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied ...

Wednesday, 7 December 2022So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. Acts 12:21The tenses of the verbs as given by the NKJV are lacking. It should read: “And on a set day, Herod having arraye...

Thursday, 8 December 2022And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” Acts 12:22The previous verse noted that Herod sat on his throne and gave an oration to the people. Now, in response to his words, it says, “And the pe...

Friday, 9 December 2022Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died. Acts 12:23The previous verse had those in the audience of Herod call out, “The voice of a god and...