Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood there, and light filled the room. He struck Peter on the side and woke him. “Quick, get up,” he said, and the chains dropped from Peter’s wrists.
In context
5So Peter was kept under guard in the prison, while the church prayed to God for him without ceasing. 6The night before Herod was to bring him out, Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were keeping watch at the door of the cell. 7Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood there, and light filled the room. He struck Peter on the side and woke him. “Quick, get up,” he said, and the chains dropped from Peter’s wrists. 8The angel told him, “Do up your belt and put on your sandals.” He did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” he said. 9Peter went out and followed him, without realizing that what the angel was doing was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.
