Acts 12:4-6

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⁴ So, when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and gave four squads of soldiers the job of guarding him, with the intention of bringing him out to the people after Passover. ⁵ So Peter was kept in prison. But the church prayed earnestly to God on his behalf.

Peter’s rescue and Rhoda’s mistake

⁶ On the night when Herod was intending to bring Peter out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. There were guards on the doors, watching the prison.