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Acts 12:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
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Role in This Section
Reports morning turmoil among soldiers over Peter's absence.
Read It With
- Acts 12:6–12:19
Acts 12:18 reports morning turmoil among soldiers over Peter's absence; within Acts 12:6–12:19, the controlling movement is that An angel awakens and escorts Peter through the prison, he goes to Mary's house, Rhoda recognizes his voice but leaves him outside in joy, and Herod interrogates and executes the guards.
Why It Needs Context
Reports morning turmoil among soldiers over Peter's absence. Its responsible force depends on the full sequence, speaker, narrator framing, and outcome of Acts 12:6–12:19; it is connective evidence rather than a complete standalone teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read Acts 12:6–12:19 — Peter is freed while the praying house struggles to believeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 12:6–12:19, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 12:6-12:19
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