Acts 12:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.

Cross References

Esther 3:13

And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force.

Exodus 12:1

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

Proverbs 19:21

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

Proverbs 27:1

Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?

Matthew 24:9

Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.

Mark 14:1

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

Luke 21:12

But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

Luke 22:33

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

John 19:23

And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.

John 21:18

Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go.

Acts 12:3

And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

Acts 4:28

To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.

Acts 4:3

And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

Acts 5:18

And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

Acts 8:3

But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.