Acts 12:4

God's Word

After capturing Peter, Herod had him thrown into prison with sixteen soldiers in squads of four to guard him. Herod wanted to bring Peter to trial in front of the people after Passover.

Cross References

Esther 3:13

Messengers were sent with official documents to all the king’s provinces. ⌞The people were ordered⌟ to wipe out, kill, and destroy all the Jews—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar. Their possessions were also to be seized.

Exodus 12:1

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in the human heart, but the advice of the Lord will endure.

Proverbs 27:1

Do not brag about tomorrow, because you do not know what another day may bring.

Lamentations 3:37

Who was it who spoke and it came into being? It was the Lord who gave the order.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to those who will torture and kill you. All nations will hate you because you are committed to me.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, “We shouldn’t arrest him during the festival, or else there may be a riot among the people.”

Mark 14:1

It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings were looking for some underhanded way to arrest Jesus and to kill him.

Luke 21:12

“Before all these things happen, people will arrest and persecute you. They will hand you over to their synagogues and put you into their prisons. They will drag you in front of kings and governors because of my name.

Luke 22:33

But Peter said to him, “Lord, I’m ready to go to prison with you and to die with you.”

John 19:23

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them four ways so that each soldier could have a share. His robe was left over. It didn’t have a seam because it had been woven in one piece from top to bottom.

John 21:18

I can guarantee this truth: When you were young, you would get ready to go where you wanted. But when you’re old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will get you ready to take you where you don’t want to go.”

Acts 12:3

When he saw how this pleased the Jews, he arrested Peter too. This happened during the days of Unleavened Bread.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was praying very hard to God for him.

Acts 4:28

Through your will and power, they did everything that you had already decided should be done.

Acts 4:3

So the temple guards arrested them. Since it was already evening, they put Peter and John in jail until the next day.

Acts 5:18

by arresting the apostles and putting them in the city jail.

Acts 8:3

Saul tried to destroy the church. He dragged men and women out of one home after another and threw them into prison.