Discovery BoxActs 12:12 
Context12:12 When Peter 1 realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, 2 where many people had gathered together and were praying.
Acts 16:25
Context16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying 3 and singing hymns to God, 4 and the rest of 5 the prisoners were listening to them.
1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “John who was also called Mark.”
sn John Mark becomes a key figure in Acts 12:25; 13:5, 13; 15:37-39.
3 tn Grk “praying, were singing.” The participle προσευχόμενοι (proseucomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
4 sn Praying and singing hymns to God. Tertullian said, “The legs feel nothing in the stocks when the heart is in heaven” (To the Martyrs 2; cf. Rom 5:3; Jas 1:2; 1 Pet 5:6). The presence of God means the potential to be free (cf. v. 26).
5 tn The words “the rest of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
