1And at that time Herod the king, who was surnamed Agrippa, laid hands on some of the church, to maltreat them. 2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3And when he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded also to arrest Simon Cephas. And the days of unleavened bread were then passing. 4He seized him and cast him into prison, and delivered him to sixteen soldiers, who were to guard him; that he might, after the passover, deliver him up to the people of the Jews. 5And while Simon was in custody in the prison, continual prayer to God in his behalf, was offered to God by the church. 6And on the night before the morning in which he was to be delivered up, while Simon was sleeping between two soldiers, and was bound with two chains, and others were guarding the doors of the prison; 7an angel of the Lord stood over him, and a light shone in all the building; and he pricked his side, and awaked him, and said to him: Arise, instantly. And the chains fell from his hands. 8And the angel said to him: Gird thy loins, and put on thy sandals. And he did so. And again he said to him: Wrap thyself in thy cloak, and come after me. 9And he went out and followed him, not knowing that what had been done by the angel was a reality; for he supposed, that he saw a vision. 10And when the first ward was passed and the second, they came to the iron gate, and it opened to them of its own accord. And when they had gone out, and had passed one street, the angel departed from him. 11Then Simon recognized where he was; and he said: Now I know, in reality, that God hath sent his angel, and delivered me from the hand of Herod the king, and from what the Jews were devising against me. 12And when he had considered, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John surnamed Mark; because many brethren were assembled there and praying. 13And he knocked at the gate of the court; and a maid named Rhoda came to reply to him. 14And she recognized the voice of Simon: and, In her joy, she did not open to him the gate, but ran back, and told them: Lo, Simon is standing at the gate of the court. 15They said to her: Thou art delirious. But she maintained that it was a fact. They said to her: Perhaps it is his ghost. 16And Simon was knocking at the gate; and they went out, saw him, and were astonished. 17And he beckoned to them with the hand to be still; and he went in, and related to them how the Lord had released him from the prison. And he said to them: Tell these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out, and departed to another place. 18And when it was morning, there was a great dispute among the soldiers concerning Simon, what had become of him. 19And Herod, when he sought him, and could not find him, arraigned the keepers, and sentenced them to die. And he went from Judaea, and resided at Caesarea. 20And because he was angry against the Tyrians and Sidonians, they assembled and came to him in a body; and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they begged of him that they might have peace; because the supplies of their country were derived from the kingdom of Herod. 21And on a day appointed, Herod was arrayed in royal apparel, and sat on a tribunal, and made a speech to the assembly. 22And all the people shouted, and said: These are the utterances of a God, and not of a mortal. 23And, because he gave not the glory to God, immediately the angel of God smote him; and he was eaten of worms, and died. 24And the gospel of God was proclaimed, and made progress. 25And Barnabas and Saul, after they had completed their ministration, returned from Jerusalem to Antioch. And they took with them John, who was surnamed Mark.