Acts 12:9-17

9Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

10After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

11When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”

12When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

13When he knocked at the door of the outer gate, a slave girl named Rhoda answered.

14When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate.

15But they said to her, “You’ve lost your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”

16Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.

17He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and then related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell James and the brothers these things,” and then he left and went to another place.