# Acts 12:7

> Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

— Acts 12:7, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- AD 44 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Josephus (Antiquities XIX.8.2) dates the death of Herod Agrippa I to AD 44, and Acts 12:23 tells of the same death.

## Who ruled

- **Herod Agrippa I**, king of Judea, AD 41-44, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44
- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII

## See also

- Acts 16:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/16/26
- Acts 5:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/19
- Psalms 146:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/146/7
- Psalms 105:18-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/105/18
- Psalms 142:6-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/142/6
- Genesis 19:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/19/15
- Psalms 34:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/34/7
- Psalms 107:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/107/14

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).