And in that time Herod the king, who was surnamed Agrippa, laid hands on some who were in the church, to harm them.

And he killed Ya'akov the brother of Yochanan with the sword.

And when he saw that this pleased the Jews, he went on also to seize Shimon Keefa. And the days of unleavened bread were.

And he seized him and cast him into prison, and delivered him to sixteen soldiers to guard him, so that after the Passover he might deliver him up to the people of the Jews.

And while Shimon was being kept in the prison, continual prayer was offered by the church for him to Elohim.

And on that night before the morning when he was ready to be delivered up, while Shimon was sleeping between two soldiers and was bound with two chains, and others were guarding the doors of the prison,

A messenger of Master YHWH stood over him, and a light shone in all the house; and he struck him on his side and raised him up, and said to him: Get up quickly. And the chains fell from his hands.

And the messenger said to him: Bind your loins and put on your sandals. And he did so. And again he said to him: Wrap yourself in your cloak and come after me.

And he went out and was going after him, not knowing that what was happening by the messenger was real; for he supposed that he was seeing a vision.

And when they passed the first guard and the second, they came as far as the iron gate, and it opened for them of its own accord. And when they went out and passed one street, the messenger departed from him.

Then Shimon recognized where he was; and he said: Now I know in truth that Master YHWH has sent his messenger and delivered me from the hand of Herodes the king, and from what the Yehudaye were devising against me.

And when he had considered, he came to the house of Maryam the mother of Yochanan who was surnamed Marqos, because many brothers were gathered there and praying.

And he knocked at the gate of the court, and a maid whose name was Rhoda went out to answer him.

And she recognized the voice of Shimon, and in her joy she did not open the gate for him, but ran back and said to them, Shimon is standing at the gate of the court.

They said to her, You are out of your mind. But she kept insisting that it was so. They said to her, Perhaps it is his messenger.

And Shimon kept knocking at the gate, and they went out, saw him, and were astonished.

And he motioned to them with his hand to be quiet, and he went in and related to them how Master YHWH had brought him out from the prison house. And he said to them, Tell these things to Ya'akov and to the brothers. And he went out and departed to another place.

And when it was morning, there was a great disturbance among the soldiers about Shimon, what had become of him.

Now Herod, when he sought him and did not find him, examined the guards and ordered that they should die. And he went out from Yehuda and was in Qesarya.

And because he was angry with the Tsuraya and with the Tsidonaya, they gathered and came to him together, and they persuaded Blastus the chamberlain of the king, and asked from him that there would be peace for them, because the provision of their country was from the kingdom of Herod.

Now on a set day Herod put on the clothing of the kingdom and sat on the bema and was speaking with the crowd.

But all the people were crying out and saying, These are the voice of Elohim, and not of the sons of men.

And because he did not give glory to Elohim, in that hour the messenger of Master YHWH struck him, and he was eaten by worms and died.

And the good news of Elohim was being proclaimed and was growing.

But Barnaba and Sha'ul returned from Urishlim to Antioki after they completed their service, and they took with them Yochanan who was surnamed Marqos.