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Acts 12:11

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

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ASV

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
ΠέτροςPetrosPeterG4074 →
ἐνentoG1722 →
ἑαυτῷhe'autōhimselfG1438 →
γενόμενοςgenomenoshaving comeG1096 →
εἶπεν·eipensaid;G2036 →
νῦνnunNowG3568 →
οἶδαoidaI know
ἀληθῶςalēthōstrulyG230 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ἐξαπέστειλενexapesteilenhas sent forthG1821 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
κύριοςkuriosLordG2962 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
ἄγγελονangelonangelG32 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐξείλατόexeilatodeliveredG1807 →
μεmemeG3165 →
ἐκekout ofG1537 →
χειρὸςcheiros[the] handG5495 →
ἩρῴδουHērōdouof HerodG2264 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πάσηςpasēsallG3956 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
προσδοκίαςprosdokiasexpectationG4329 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
λαοῦlaoupeopleG2992 →
τῶνtōnof theG3588 →
Ἰουδαίων.IoudaiōnJews.G2453 →

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Job 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.Daniel 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.Daniel 3:28Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.2 Peter 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.Psalms 97:10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.Acts 5:19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotionLuke 15:17Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!Psalms 41:2The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.Psalms 34:22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.Psalms 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.Exodus 18:4The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”Jeremiah 36:26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

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