¹⁴ If the governor hears about it, we’ll stand up for you so you won’t get in trouble.”

² Then they bound him, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.

¹⁹ Herod Agrippa ordered a thorough search for him. When he couldn’t be found, Herod interrogated the guards and sentenced them to death. Afterward Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while.