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So 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.
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When 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 departed from him.
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And 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."
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So, 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.
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And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer.
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When 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.
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But they said to her, "You are beside yourself!" Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, "It is his angel."
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Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.
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But 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 place.
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Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.
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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.