Acts 12:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.”
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“So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 12:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- Genesis 45:26“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
- Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- Acts 9:10In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
- Acts 10:3One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
- Acts 10:17While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
- Acts 11:5“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
- Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
- 2 Corinthians 12:1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
- Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
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