Acts 12:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Herod ordered his own soldiers to search for him, but they could not find him. Then he questioned the guards and had them put to death. After this, Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:43

Ahab went back to Samaria, angry and depressed.

Esther 6:12

Afterwards, Mordecai returned to his duties at the palace gate, and Haman hurried home, hiding his face in shame.

Jeremiah 36:26

The king told his son Jerahmeel to take Seraiah and Shelemiah and to go and arrest Baruch and me. But the LORD kept them from finding us.

Matthew 2:1

When Jesus was born in the village of Bethlehem in Judea, Herod was king. During this time some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem

Matthew 2:13

After the wise men had gone, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Hurry and take the child and his mother to Egypt! Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is looking for the child and wants to kill him.”

Matthew 2:16

When Herod found out that the wise men from the east had tricked him, he was very angry. He gave orders for his men to kill all the boys who lived in or near Bethlehem and were two years old and younger. This was based on what he had learnt from the wise men.

Acts 12:18

The next morning the soldiers who had been on guard were terribly worried and wondered what had happened to Peter.

Acts 12:4

He put Peter in jail and ordered four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to put him on trial in public after the festival.

Acts 12:6

The night before Peter was to be put on trial, he was asleep and bound by two chains. A soldier was guarding him on each side, and two other soldiers were guarding the entrance to the jail.

Acts 16:27

When the jailer woke up and saw that the doors were open, he thought that the prisoners had escaped. He pulled out his sword and was about to kill himself.

Acts 21:8

The next day we went to Caesarea and stayed with Philip, the preacher. He was one of the seven men who helped the apostles,

Acts 25:13

A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to visit Festus.

Acts 27:42

The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming away and escaping.

Acts 8:40

Philip later appeared in Azotus. He went from town to town, all the way to Caesarea, telling people about Jesus.

1 Samuel 23:14

David stayed in hideouts in the hill country of Ziph Desert. Saul kept searching, but God never let Saul catch him.