1V té době král Herodes* krutě napadl některé z těch, kdo patřili k církvi.2Jakuba, bratra Janova, popravil mečem,3a když viděl, že se to Židům líbí, rozhodl se zatknout i Petra. (Bylo to během Svátku nekvašených chlebů.)*4Když se ho zmocnil, dal ho zavřít do vězení a hlídat čtyřmi čtveřicemi vojáků. Po Velikonocích ho totiž chtěl předvést k veřejnému slyšení.5Petr byl takto hlídán ve vězení, ale církev se za něj vroucně modlila k Bohu.6Noc předtím, než ho chtěl Herodes předvést, spal Petr mezi dvěma vojáky, spoután dvěma řetězy, a stráže přede dveřmi hlídaly vězení.7Vtom vedle něj stanul Hospodinův anděl a v cele zazářilo světlo. Udeřil Petra do boku a vzbudil ho: „Rychle vstávej!“ Řetězy mu spadly z rukou8a anděl mu řekl: „Oblékni se a obuj.“ Když to udělal, anděl pokračoval: „Vezmi si plášť a pojď za mnou.“9Petr ho následoval ven, ale nevěděl, že to s tím andělem je doopravdy; myslel si, že má vidění.10Když minuli první i druhou stráž, přišli k železné bráně, která vedla do města, a ta se jim sama od sebe otevřela. Vyšli ven, přešli jednu ulici a vtom jej anděl opustil.11Když Petr přišel k sobě, řekl si: „Teď vidím, že to bylo doopravdy! Pán poslal svého anděla a vytrhl mě z Herodovy ruky a ze všeho, co židovský lid očekával.“12Když to pochopil, šel do domu Marie, matky Jana Marka, kam se mnozí sešli k modlitbám.13Petr zatloukl na dveře brány a přišla otevřít služka jménem Rhodé.14Když poznala Petrův hlas, samou radostí neotevřela bránu, ale běžela dovnitř se zprávou, že Petr stojí před branou.15Říkali jí: „Blázníš?!“ Když ale tvrdila, že je to pravda, řekli: „To musí být jeho anděl.“16Petr však nepřestával tlouci. Když konečně otevřeli a spatřili ho, byli ohromeni.17Pohybem ruky je utišil a vyprávěl jim, jak ho Pán vyvedl z vězení. Potom řekl: „Povězte to Jakubovi a bratrům.“ Vyšel ven a zamířil jinam.18Když se rozednilo, mezi vojáky vypukl nemalý rozruch nad tím, co se stalo s Petrem.19Herodes ho marně hledal. Stráže nechal po výslechu popravit a odebral se z Judska do Cesareje, kde zůstal.20Herodes se tehdy velmi hněval na Týrské a Sidonské. Proto se za ním svorně vypravili, a když si získali královského komořího Blasta, žádali o smír (jejich kraj byl totiž závislý na dodávkách z králova území).21Ve stanovený den se Herodes v královském rouše posadil na trůn a pronesl k nim řeč.22Lid začal volat: „Hlas boží, ne lidský!“23A vtom jej udeřil Hospodinův anděl, protože nevzdal slávu Bohu: vypustil duši rozežrán červy.24Boží slovo se pak šířilo a rozmáhalo se.
Barnabáš a Saul vysláni na cestu
25Když Barnabáš a Saul splnili svůj úkol, vrátili se z* Jeruzaléma a vzali s sebou i Jana Marka.
English Standard Version
James Killed and Peter Imprisoned
1About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.2He killed James the brother of John with the sword,3and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.4And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.5So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
Peter Is Rescued
6Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.7And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands.8And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”9And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.10When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.11When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”12When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.13And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.14Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.15They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”16But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed.17But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.”* Then he departed and went to another place.18Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.19And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.
The Death of Herod
20Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain,* they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.21On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them.22And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.24But the word of God increased and multiplied.25And Barnabas and Saul returned from* Jerusalem when they had completed their service, bringing with them John, whose other name was Mark.
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