ACTS 12:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.”
'Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's hand and from all that the Jewish people were anticipating.'—Peter's recognition ('Now I know,' nyn oida alēthōs) combines cognitive and spiritual understanding; he now grasps what he experienced in confusion. The rescue is from both Herod (political ruler) and 'all that the Jewish people were anticipating' (perhaps the trial, the execution, or the broader persecution). The Lord's agency is clear: the angel is the Lord's instrument.
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