Acts 12:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Acts 12:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Acts 12:6 is a verse from the book of Acts in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chai..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Acts 12:6 — KJV
“And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.”
— Acts 12:6 (KJV)
Acts 12:6 in Context — About the Book of Acts
Acts is volume two of Luke's history: the Spirit falls at Pentecost and a praying church turns the world upside down in one generation. Prison doors open, the gospel jumps every cultural wall, and every advance begins in a prayer meeting. It is the blueprint for Spirit-filled boldness.
Cross-References for Acts 12:6
“But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,”
Shares key themes with Acts 12:6: brought, forth, night
“And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. bar...: Heb. with the bar”
Shares key themes with Acts 12:6: night, two, before
“But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.”
Shares key themes with Acts 12:6: would, brought, forth
“Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.”
Shares key themes with Acts 12:6: forth, night, between
“And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.”
Shares key themes with Acts 12:6: brought, forth, between
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