9And going forth he followed him and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.


In Context

6 And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.

7 And lo, an angel of the Lord came there, and a light shone in the prison: and having smitten the side of Peter, he roused him up, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off his hands.

8 And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me.

9 And going forth he followed him and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.

10 And having passed through a first and second guard, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which opened to them of itself; and going forth they went down one street, and immediately the angel left him.

11 And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Acts 12:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:9And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:9Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:9And going out, he followed him, and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel: but thought he saw a vision.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:9And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:9And he went out, and followed; and he wist not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:9And he went out, and followed him, and knew not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:9And he went out and followed him. He didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:9and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:9And he went out, and followed him; and knew not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.