How it works
The Bible tells how King Herod put Peter in prison in the week of Passover, and soldiers took turns guarding him. The church did not give up. Day and night they prayed for Peter at the house of Mary.
On the last night Peter slept between two soldiers, chained to both. A bright light filled the cell, and a messenger from God told him to get up. The chains fell off his hands.
Peter put on his belt and sandals and wrapped his coat around him. He followed past two guards, and the big iron gate opened all by itself.
At Mary's house a servant girl named Rhoda knew his voice, but she was so happy she forgot to open the gate! Peter kept knocking until they let him in. In the morning the soldiers found a heap of chains and nobody inside.
Worked examples
Follow Peter out
- A bright light fills the cell, and the chains fall off.
- Peter follows past the first guard and then the second.
- The iron gate swings open all by itself, and he is out.
A gate in the wall
- In those days a house had a gate in its wall, and a servant answered it.
- Rhoda knew Peter's voice.