⁷ And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

²⁶ And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

¹⁹ But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

⁷ And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touching him said, Get up and have some food, or the journey will be overmuch for your strength.

¹¹ At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.

⁹ And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them.

⁴ And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them:

²⁴ But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.

³ And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

³⁰ And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,

⁶ And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

²³ And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

²³ For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,

²⁴ Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

¹⁴ For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

¹⁴ Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?

¹ After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was bright with his glory.

⁴ He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.

⁹ I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;

²⁹ For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

⁵ And stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant; but an angel, touching him, said to him, Get up and have some food.

⁷ The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

³² The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

³³ The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

¹⁸ His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in iron bands;

¹⁹ Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

²⁰ The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free.

¹⁴ He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.

⁶ Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

⁷ Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

⁷ Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

³⁰ And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself, and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed, and get in the grain, and make vine-gardens, and take of their fruit.

¹ Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.

² And there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of great waters, and the earth was shining with his glory.

²⁴ Then King Nebuchadnezzar, full of fear and wonder, got up quickly, and said to his wise men, Did we not put three men in cords into the fire? and they made answer and said to the king, True, O King.

²⁵ He made answer and said, Look! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not damaged; and the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

²² Then Daniel said to the king, O King, have life for ever.

¹⁵ And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.

¹⁶ But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.