A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XII - IV
"I, Peter, kept on knocking at the door of Mary's home.... I had run there after I had been set free by an angel....He had come to my prison cell...Had woken me up...Had made sure my chains had come off... Had kept the soldiers who were guarding asleep....Had taken me outside.... And had left me after we had arrived at the street outside the prison gate....I am now at the Mary's home.... Her servant girl Rhoda has already been at the door... And she has already seen me.... She has gone back inside though.... But she has not yet opened the door....Perhaps they think it is my angel at the door.... I better keep on knocking... For I want them to know that I am standing here in person.... So I can share with them what the Lord has done... And afterwards I should go somewhere else..For it will not be safe to remain here... I am sure Herod will send out a search pary for me."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of the response of the believers when they realised Peter was no longer in prison...
ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XII - IV
However, the person at the door of Mary's home kept on knocking so Mary sent Rhoda back to the door. This time she did open the door and Peter was then able to convince her and all the believers that it had been him who had been knocking at the door and not his angel. The believers were shocked to see him but overjoyed as well as you can read in Acts 12:16
But Peter kept on knocking, and wheyn they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.
He then gave them all the details of his miraculous escape before leaving for a safe place as you can read in Acts 12:17
Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Tell James and the brothers about this," he said, and then he left for another place.
(Note: Peter is here talking about James, the half-brother of Jesus, who is mentioned in Acts 15:12
When they finished, James spoke up: "Brothers, listen to me...." He was one of the leaders in the Church in Jerusalem. And he is the author of the Book of James.)
Peter, knowing that no doubt Herod would order that a thorough search be made for him as soon as he discovered Peter's escape, did not stay long with the believers, for he did not want to endanger their lives as well as his own life as you can read in Acts 12:18-19
In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.
Not long after, Herod himself died a very gruesome death while he was giving an important speech as you can know from Acts 12:21-23
On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. They shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man." Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
The wonderful thing is that the Church continued to blossom as you can know from Acts 12:24
But the word of God continued to increase and spread.
That work is still happening for even today the word of God continues to increase and spread.
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