Deep within a stone cell in first-century Jerusalem, a man slept peacefully the night before his execution. Sixteen soldiers stood guard. Iron chains bound his wrists. A king had already signed his death warrant. And across the city, in a lamplit home, a community of people prayed through the night for the one thing that seemed impossible.
This is the story of Peter — and the night the chains fell off by themselves.
Tonight's episode walks through one of the most quietly extraordinary accounts in the New Testament: the escape from prison recorded in Acts Chapter Twelve. We explore the political climate of Jerusalem under Herod Agrippa, the precise and deliberate architecture of Peter's imprisonment, the all-night prayer gathering at the house of Mary, the sudden light in the cell, the angel's practical instructions, the iron gate that opened without being touched — and the servant girl named Rhoda who was so overwhelmed with joy that she forgot to open the door.