¹⁵ and remained there until the death of Herod. ^(A)This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, ^(B)“Out of Egypt I called my son.”

The Lord's Love for Israel

²² Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, ^(A)Israel is my ^(B)firstborn son,

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, ^(A)“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, ^(B)that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

^22 (A)All this took place ^(B)to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

James Killed and Peter Imprisoned

12 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. ² He killed ^(A)James the brother of John ^(B)with the sword, ³ and when he saw ^(C)that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during ^(D)the days of Unleavened Bread. ⁴ And when he had seized him, he put him ^(E)in prison, delivering him over to four ^(F)squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

^54 (A)But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”

⁴ This took place ^(A)to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,