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The liberation of the apostle Peter is an event described in chapter 12 of the Acts of the Apostles, where 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 feigned architecture and stairs. In the centre the angel wakes Peter, and on the right guides him past the sleeping guards.
Apostle Peter Released from Prison, Jacopo di Cione, 1370-1371 (Philadelphia Museum of Art). The Liberation of St Peter from Prison (also called the Deliverance of Saint Peter) is a small tempera on wood panel or predella from a large polyptych or multipanel altarpiece painted in 1370-1371 by Jacopo di Cione for the no-longer extant church of San Pier Maggiore in Florence, Italy.
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In I Peter 3:19, the word is phylake (can also be anglic. as Phylace), meaning prison. [citation needed] Angels and the Book of Enoch; Friedrich Spitta (1890), [14] [15] Joachim Jeremias and others suggested that Peter was making a first reference to Enochic traditions, such as found again in the Second Epistle of Peter chapter 2 and the ...
The American television series Supernatural featured multiple characters presented as angels of God.Angels are portrayed as extremely powerful beings. Merely perceiving their true form – even psychically – typically results in blindness, as their natural "visage" is overwhelming; it is capable of burning an individual's eyes from their sockets, although "special people" are able to ...
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