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12 About kata that ekeinos · de · ho time kairos Herod hērōdēs the ho king basileus set epiballō his ho hand cheir to mistreat kakoō some tis · ho belonging apo to the ho church ekklēsia. He had James Iakōbos the ho brother adelphos of John Iōannēs put to death anaireō · de with the sword machaira, and de when he saw that hoti it pleased arestos the ho Jews Ioudaios, he proceeded prostithēmi to arrest syllambanō Peter Petros also kai. This was eimi · de during the ho days hēmera of ho Unleavened azymos Bread . When he had seized piazō him hos, · kai he put tithēmi him in eis prison phylakē, handing paradidōmi him over to four tessares squads tetradion of four soldiers stratiōtēs each to guard phylassō him autos, intending boulomai after meta the ho Passover pascha to bring anagō him autos out to the ho people laos. · ho So oun Peter Petros was kept tēreō in en · ho prison phylakē, but de prayer proseuchē was eimi made ginomai earnestly ektenōs to pros God theos for peri him autos by hypo the ho church ekklēsia. · ho

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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. And he (A)had James the brother of John (B)executed with a sword. 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.) 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. 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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Footnotes

  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