12:1  eodem autem tempore misit Herodes      1.  Now about that time Herod the king
rex manus ut adfligeret quosdam de           stretched forth his hands to vex
ecclesia                                     certain of the church.

12:2  occidit autem Iacobum fratrem          2.  And he killed James the brother of
Iohannis gladio                              John with the sword.

12:3  videns autem quia placeret             3.  And because he saw it pleased the
Iudaeis adposuit adprehendere et Petrum      Jews, he proceeded further to take
erant autem dies azymorum                    Peter also. (Then were the days of
                                             unleavened bread.)

12:4  quem cum adprehendisset misit in       4.  And when he had apprehended him, he
carcerem tradens quattuor                    put him in prison, and delivered him to
quaternionibus militum custodire eum         four quaternions of soldiers to keep
volens post pascha producere eum populo      him; intending after Easter to bring
                                             him forth to the people.

12:5  et Petrus quidem servabatur in         5.  Peter therefore was kept in prison:
carcere oratio autem fiebat sine             but prayer was made without ceasing of
intermissione ab ecclesia ad Deum pro eo     the church unto God for him.

12:6  cum autem producturus eum esset        6.  And when Herod would have brought
Herodes in ipsa nocte erat Petrus            him forth, the same night Peter was
dormiens inter duos milites vinctus          sleeping between two soldiers, bound
catenis duabus et custodes ante ostium       with two chains: and the keepers before
custodiebant carcerem                        the door kept the prison.

12:7  et ecce angelus Domini adstitit        7.  And, behold, the angel of the Lord
et lumen refulsit in habitaculo              came upon him, and a light shined in
percussoque latere Petri suscitavit eum      the prison: and he smote Peter on the
dicens surge velociter et ceciderunt         side, and raised him up, saying, Arise
catenae de manibus eius                      up quickly. And his chains fell off
                                             from his hands.

12:8  dixit autem angelus ad eum             8.  And the angel said unto him, Gird
praecingere et calcia te gallicas tuas       thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And
et fecit sic et dixit illi circumda          so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast
tibi vestimentum tuum et sequere me          thy garment about thee, and follow me.

12:9  et exiens sequebatur et nesciebat      9.  And he went out, and followed him;
quia verum est quod fiebat per angelum       and wist not that it was true which was
aestimabat autem se visum videre             done by the angel; but thought he saw a
                                             vision.

12:10  transeuntes autem primam et           10.  When they were past the first and
secundam custodiam venerunt ad portam        the second ward, they came unto the
ferream quae ducit ad civitatem quae         iron gate that leadeth unto the city;
ultro aperta est eis et exeuntes             which opened to them of his own accord:
processerunt vicum unum et continuo          and they went out, and passed on
discessit angelus ab eo                      through one street; and forthwith the
                                             angel departed from him.

12:11  et Petrus ad se reversus dixit        11.  And when Peter was come to
nunc scio vere quia misit Dominus            himself, he said, Now I know of a
angelum suum et eripuit me de manu           surety, that the LORD hath sent his
Herodis et de omni expectatione plebis       angel, and hath delivered me out of the
Iudaeorum                                    hand of Herod, and from all the
                                             expectation of the people of the Jews.

12:12  consideransque venit ad domum         12.  And when he had considered the
Mariae matris Iohannis qui cognominatus      thing, he came to the house of Mary the
est Marcus ubi erant multi congregati        mother of John, whose surname was Mark;
et orantes                                   where many were gathered together
                                             praying.

12:13  pulsante autem eo ostium ianuae       13.  And as Peter knocked at the door
processit puella ad audiendum nomine         of the gate, a damsel came to hearken,
Rhode                                        named Rhoda.

12:14  et ut cognovit vocem Petri prae       14.  And when she knew Peter's voice,
gaudio non aperuit ianuam sed intro          she opened not the gate for gladness,
currens nuntiavit stare Petrum ante          but ran in, and told how Peter stood
ianuam                                       before the gate.

12:15  at illi dixerunt ad eam insanis       15.  And they said unto her, Thou art
illa autem adfirmabat sic se habere          mad. But she constantly affirmed that
illi autem dicebant angelus eius est         it was even so. Then said they, It is
                                             his angel.

12:16  Petrus autem perseverabat             16.  But Peter continued knocking: and
pulsans cum autem aperuissent viderunt       when they had opened the door, and saw
eum et obstipuerunt                          him, they were astonished.

12:17  annuens autem eis manu ut             17.  But he, beckoning unto them with
tacerent enarravit quomodo Dominus           the hand to hold their peace, declared
eduxisset eum de carcere dixitque            unto them how the Lord had brought him
nuntiate Iacobo et fratribus haec et         out of the prison. And he said, Go shew
egressus abiit in alium locum                these things unto James, and to the
                                             brethren. And he departed, and went
                                             into another place.

12:18  facta autem die erat non parva        18.  Now as soon as it was day, there
turbatio inter milites quidnam de Petro      was no small stir among the soldiers,
factum esset                                 what was become of Peter.

12:19  Herodes autem cum requisisset         19.  And when Herod had sought for him,
eum et non invenisset inquisitione           and found him not, he examined the
facta de custodibus iussit eos duci          keepers, and commanded that they should
descendensque a Iudaea in Caesaream ibi      be put to death. And he went down from
commoratus est                               Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

12:20  erat autem iratus Tyriis et           20.  And Herod was highly displeased
Sidoniis at illi unianimes venerunt ad       with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they
eum et persuaso Blasto qui erat super        came with one accord to him, and,
cubiculum regis postulabant pacem eo         having made Blastus the king's
quod alerentur regiones eorum ab illo        chamberlain their friend, desired
                                             peace; because their country was
                                             nourished by the king's country.

12:21  statuto autem die Herodes             21.  And upon a set day Herod, arrayed
vestitus veste regia sedit pro               in royal apparel, sat upon his throne,
tribunali et contionabatur ad eos            and made an oration unto them.

12:22  populus autem adclamabat dei          22.  And the people gave a shout,
voces et non hominis                         saying, It is the voice of a god, and
                                             not of a man.

12:23  confestim autem percussit eum         23.  And immediately the angel of the
angelus Domini eo quod non dedisset          Lord smote him, because he gave not God
honorem Deo et consumptus a vermibus         the glory: and he was eaten of worms,
exspiravit                                   and gave up the ghost.

12:24  verbum autem Domini crescebat et      24.  But the word of God grew and
multiplicabatur                              multiplied.

12:25  Barnabas autem et Saulus reversi      25.  And Barnabas and Saul returned
sunt ab Hierosolymis expleto ministerio      from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled
adsumpto Iohanne qui cognominatus est        their ministry, and took with them
Marcus                                       John, whose surname was Mark.