Acts 12:9

In 9 translations

BSB

So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.

KJV

And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

WEB

And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

ASV

And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

LSV

and having gone forth, he was following him, and he did not know that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

YLT

and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

DBY

And going forth he followed [him] and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision.

DRC

And going out, he followed him, and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel: but thought he saw a vision.

GNV

So Peter came out and followed him, and knewe not that it was true, which was done by the Angel, but thought he had seene a vision.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἠκολούθει, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ἀληθές ἐστιν τὸ γινόμενον διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου, ἐδόκει δὲ ὅραμα βλέπειν.

RP2018

Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ· καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ἀληθές ἐστιν τὸ γινόμενον διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου, ἐδόκει δὲ ὅραμα βλέπειν.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ· καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ἀληθές ἐστι τὸ γινόμενον διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου, ἐδόκει δὲ ὅραμα βλέπειν.

SCR1894

και εξελθων ηκολουθει αυτω και ουκ ηδει οτι αληθες εστιν το γινομενον δια του αγγελου εδοκει δε οραμα βλεπειν

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• Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
• Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
• Genesis 45:26“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
• Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
• Acts 10:3One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
• Acts 11:5“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
• John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
• Acts 10:17While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
• Acts 9:10In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
• 2 Corinthians 12:1–3I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the…
• Genesis 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

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