8. and the angel said, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” Peter did what he was told. Then the angel said, “Now put on your coat and follow me.”
9. Peter left with the angel, but he thought everything was only a dream.
10. They went past the two groups of soldiers, and when they came to the iron gate to the city, it opened by itself. They went out and were going along the street, when all at once the angel disappeared.
11. Peter now realized what had happened, and he said, “I am certain that the Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod and from everything the Jewish leaders planned to do to me.”
12. Then Peter went to the house of Mary the mother of John whose other name was Mark. Many of the Lord's followers had come together there and were praying.
13. Peter knocked on the gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer.
14. When she heard Peter's voice, she was too excited to open the gate. She ran back into the house and said that Peter was standing there.
15. “You are mad!” everyone told her. But she kept saying that it was Peter. Then they said, “It must be his angel.”
16. But Peter kept on knocking, until finally they opened the gate. They saw him and were completely amazed.
17. Peter motioned for them to keep quiet. Then he told how the Lord had led him out of jail. He also said, “Tell James and the others what has happened.” After that, he left and went somewhere else.
18. The next morning the soldiers who had been on guard were terribly worried and wondered what had happened to Peter.