Acts 12:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when he had seized [Peter], he put him in prison and delivered him to four squads of soldiers of four each to guard him, purposing after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

Common English Bible

He put Peter in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers, sixteen in all, who guarded him. He planned to charge him publicly after the Passover.

Catholic Public Domain Version

So when he had apprehended him, he sent him into prison, handing him over into the custody of four groups of four soldiers, intending to produce him to the people after the Passover.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him to four files of soldiers to be kept, intending, after the pasch, to bring him forth to the people.

Acts 12:4 Cross References

Esther 3:13

And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

Exodus 12:1

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

Proverbs 19:21

There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Proverbs 27:1

Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Matthew 24:9

Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.

Mark 14:1

Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtilty, and kill him:

Luke 21:12

But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

Luke 22:33

And he said unto him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.

John 19:23

The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

John 21:18

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

Acts 12:3

And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And those were the days of unleavened bread.

Acts 12:5

Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.

Acts 4:28

to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel foreordained to come to pass.

Acts 4:3

And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.

Acts 5:18

and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.

Acts 8:3

But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.