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Acts 12:1-5
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Peter’s Arrest and Deliverance

12 Now about that time [a]Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church, to do them harm. 2 And he (A)had James the brother of John (B)executed with a sword. 3 When he saw that it (C)pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (Now these were [b](D)the days of Unleavened Bread.) 4 When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, turning him over to four [c](E)squads of soldiers to guard him, intending only after (F)the Passover to bring him before the people. 5 So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made to God [d]intensely by the church.

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  1. Acts 12:1 I.e., Herod Agrippa I
  2. Acts 12:3 I.e., Passover week
  3. Acts 12:4 Lit quaternions; a quaternion was composed of four soldiers
  4. Acts 12:5 Or constantly
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Acts 12:1-5
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Herod Kills James and Imprisons Peter

12 Now at that time, Herod the king laid hands on some of those from the church to harm them.[a] 2 So he executed James the brother of John with a sword. 3 And when he[b] saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (Now this was during the feast[c] of Unleavened Bread.) 4 After he[d] had arrested him,[e] he also put him[f] in prison, handing him[g] over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out for public trial[h] after the Passover. 5 Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.

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  1. Acts 12:1 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Acts 12:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Acts 12:3 Literally “now these were the days”
  4. Acts 12:4 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had arrested”) which is understood as temporal
  5. Acts 12:4 Literally “whom”
  6. Acts 12:4 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Acts 12:4 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Acts 12:4 Literally “to the people”
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