8. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your clothes and sandals." Peter did so. "Put on your coat," the angel told him. "Follow me."
9. Peter followed him out of the prison. But he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening. He thought he was seeing a vision.
10. They passed the first and second guards. Then they came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself. They went through it. They walked the length of one street. Suddenly the angel left Peter.
11. Then Peter realized what had happened. He said, "Now I know for sure that the Lord sent his angel. He set me free from Herod's power. He saved me from everything the Jewish people were hoping for."
12. When Peter understood what had happened, he went to Mary's house. Mary was the mother of John Mark. Many people had gathered in her home. They were praying there.
13. Peter knocked at the outer entrance. A servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.
14. She recognized Peter's voice. She was so excited that she ran back without opening the door. "Peter is at the door!" she exclaimed.
15. "You're out of your mind," they said to her. But she kept telling them it was true. So they said, "It must be his angel."
16. Peter kept on knocking. When they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.