But in the night the angel of the Lord threw open the jail doors and let them out, and said to them,

reported, "We found the prison safely locked and the keepers on duty at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one on the inside."

suddenly there was an earthquake so great that it shook the very foundations of the jail, the doors all flew open, and every prisoner's chains were unfastened.

When the jailer awoke and saw that the jail doors were open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped.

and on recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she failed to open the door but ran and told them that Peter was standing at the door.

Peter said to her, "How could both of you agree in such a way to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door; they will carry you out, too."

Now just as Herod was going to bring him out, that is, the very night before, Peter was fastened with two chains and was sleeping between two soldiers, and the guards were at the door guarding the prison.

When he knocked at the outer door, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it,

But Peter, meanwhile, kept on knocking. So they opened the door, and when they saw him, they were astounded.

On arriving there they called the church together, and in detail reported to them all that God had done through them as instruments, and how He had opened to the heathen the door of faith.