And he did send the Holy Spirit, as he had promised. Then the disciples began to speak of Jesus to all the wicked people.
They said to them, You have crucified the Son of God. He is alive, and is gone up to sit on his Fathers throne; but he will forgive you, and give you the Holy Spirit.
Some of the wicked people were sorry for what they had done to Jesus, and begged God to forgive them; and some of the wicked people were not sorry, but tried to kill the disciples.
A wicked king cut off the head of James with a sword, and then shut up Peter in prison, meaning to kill him soon.
Did you ever see a prison?
It is a dark place with great doors, and bars, and walls all round.
Some soldiers took Peter, and put chains on his hands, and chains on his feet, and they locked the door of the prison. Men sat at the door, that no one might get in.
Peters friends were very unhappy because he was in prison; but they could not take him out. Yet there was one thing they could do; they could pray to God to save Peter, and so they did. Peter’s friends sat up at night and prayed to God.
The wicked king said, To-morrow I shall have Peter killed. But God would not let Peter be killed. So God told one of his beautiful angels to go and let Peter out of the prison. The angel could go into the prison without opening the doors.
It was night when the angel came. Peter was asleep. On each side of him there was a soldier, and Peter was chained to them both. You would not like to sleep in a prison with soldiers near you, and chains on your hands; but Peter knew that God loved him, and that he was safe.