1 V té době král Herodes krutě zasáhl proti některým bratřím.2 Mečem dal popravit Jakuba, bratra Janova.3 Když viděl, že si tím získal židy, rozkázal zatknout také Petra. Byly právě Velikonoce.4 Zmocnil se ho, dal ho zavřít do vězení a hlídat čtyřmi strážemi po čtyřech vojácích. Chtěl ho po Velikonocích veřejně soudit.5 Petra tedy střežili ve vězení a církev se za něj stále modlila k Bohu.6 Noc předtím, kdy jej chtěl Herodes předvést na soud, spal Petr mezi dvěma vojáky, spoután dvěma řetězy, a stráže před dveřmi hlídaly vězení.7 Najednou u něho stál anděl Páně a v žaláři zazářilo světlo. Anděl udeřil Petra do boku, vzbudil ho a řekl: „Rychle! Vstaň!“ A z Petrových rukou spadly řetězy.8 Anděl mu řekl: „Opásej se a obuj se!“ Petr to udělal a anděl ho vyzval: „Vezmi si plášť a pojď za mnou.“9 Petr následoval tedy anděla ven z vězení, ale nebyl si jist, zda to všechno je skutečnost; myslel si, že má vidění. 10 Prošli první stráží, pak druhou, a přišli k železné bráně, která vedla do města; ta se jim sama od sebe otevřela. Vyšli ven, prošli jednou ulicí a tu mu náhle anděl zmizel.11 Teprve nyní se Petr vzpamatoval a řekl: „Teď už vím, že Pán opravdu poslal svého anděla, vysvobodil mne z ruky Herodovy a uchránil od toho, co si přál židovský lid.“ 12 S tím vědomím šel do domu Marie, matky Jana, zvaného Marek. Tam se shromáždilo mnoho lidí a modlili se.13 Když Petr zatloukl na domovní dveře, přišla služka jménem Rodé, aby se zeptala, kdo to je.14 Tu poznala Petrův hlas, ale samou radostí hned neotevřela a běžela dovnitř oznámit, že Petr stojí přede dveřmi.15 Ale oni jí řekli: „Ty ses zbláznila!“ Ona však trvala na tom, že je to pravda. Řekli jí: „Tak to musí být jeho duch!“16 Ale Petr stále tloukl. Šli tedy otevřít a užasli, když ho spatřili.17 Pokynul jim rukou, aby je uklidnil, a vypravoval jim, jak ho Pán vyvedl z vězení; nakonec jim řekl: „Povězte to Jakubovi a ostatním bratřím.“ Pak odešel z města. 18 Ráno se strhl mezi vojáky nemalý poplach, kam se Petr poděl.19 Herodes dal po něm pátrat, ale Petr nebyl k nalezení. Po výslechu tedy dal popravit stráže; potom opustil Judsko, odebral se do Cesareje a nějaký čas tam zůstal. 20 Herodes byl tehdy velmi rozezlen na Týrské a Sidónské. Jejich zástupci se však společně k němu dostavili; podplatili králova komorníka Blasta a požádali o smír, protože jejich země byla zásobována potravinami z Herodova království.21 Ve stanovený den zasedl Herodes v královském rouchu na trůn a pronesl k nim řeč;22 lid začal provolávat: „To mluví bůh, ne člověk!“23 A tu jej postihl anděl Páně za to, že si přivlastnil čest patřící jen Bohu: zemřel rozežrán červy.24 Ale slovo Páně se šířit nepřestalo. 25 Když Barnabáš a Saul splnili své poslání, vrátili se z Jeruzaléma do Antiochie a vzali s sebou Jana, zvaného Marek.
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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