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SoοὖνPeterὁ Πέτροςwas being keptἐτηρεῖτοinἐνthe prison;τῇ φυλακῇbutδὲprayerπροσευχὴwasἦνbeing madeγινομένηearnestlyἐκτενῶςbyὑπὸthe assemblyτῆς ἐκκλησίαςtoπρὸςGodτὸν θεὸνforπερὶhim.αὐτοῦ
Acts 12:5
Study it in the app“So Peter was being kept in the prison; but prayer was being made earnestly by the assembly to God for him.”
Peter is in prison, and the community prays for him without ceasingPrayer
With the Greek beneath
Acts 12:5, word by word
- PeterΠέτροςPetros
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petros” appears- was being keptἐτηρεῖτοetēreito
guard
To protect, watch over, or set aside for later.
Where else “etēreito” appears- the prisonφυλακῇphylakēi
prison
The place where prisoners are shut in.
Where else “phylakēi” appears- prayerπροσευχὴproseuchē
prayer
Talking with God, asking him.
Where else “proseuchē” appears- wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- being madeγινομένηginomenē
be made
To come into being, to be made.
Where else “ginomenē” appears- earnestlyἐκτενῶςektenōs
earnestly
Earnestly, fervently, without ceasing.
Where else “ektenōs” appears- the assemblyἐκκλησίαςekklēsias
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsias” appears- Godθεὸνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears
The context
4When he had seized him, he also put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of four soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.
5 · This verse (above)
6And when Herod was about to bring him out, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were keeping watch over the prison.
To study Acts 12 in a group
1. What it says
What happens to Peter in prison, and what was the assembly doing in the meantime? (vv. 5-12)
2. What it means
When Rhoda announces that Peter is at the door, they do not believe her (vv. 13-16). What does this show about those who were praying?
3. How I live it
The believers prayed earnestly (v. 5). For whom or what could you pray steadily, even without seeing an answer soon?