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The liberation of the apostle Peter is an event described in chapter 12 of the Acts of the Apostles, in which the apostle Peter is rescued from prison by an angel. Although described in a short textual passage, the tale has given rise to theological discussions and has been the subject of a number of artworks.
The painting shows how Saint Peter was liberated from Herod's prison by an angel, as described in Acts 12. It is technically an overdoor. The fresco shows three scenes in symmetrical balance formed by the fictive architecture and stairs. In the centre the angel wakes Peter, and on the right guides him past the sleeping guards.
Acts 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records the death of the first apostle, James, son of Zebedee, followed by the miraculous escape of Peter from prison, the death of Herod Agrippa I, and the early ministry of Barnabas and Paul of Tarsus.
The Liberation of Saint Peter from Prison (or the Deliverance of Saint Peter) is a small predella panel in tempera on wood from a large polyptych painted in 1370–1371 by Jacopo di Cione for the (no longer extant) church of San Pier Maggiore in Florence. It is now part of the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [1]
Saint Peter ad Vincula (Saint Peter in Chains) alludes to the Bible story of the Liberation of Saint Peter, when the Apostle Peter, imprisoned by King Herod Agrippa, was rescued by an angel. Frequently seen translations are:
After Peter was miraculously released from prison, he went to the house and knocked on the door. Rhoda came to answer it, and when she heard Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she rushed to tell the others and forgot to open the door for him. She told the group of Christians who were praying that Peter was there. They did not believe her ...
The subject takes its starting point from the First Epistle of Peter: . By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
A letter to the Romans attributed to Ignatius of Antioch might imply that Peter and Paul had special authority over the Roman church, [34] telling the Roman Christians: "I do not command you, as Peter and Paul did" (ch. 4), although Zwierlein says he could be simply referring to the Epistles of the Apostles, or their mission work in the city ...