Acts 12:4

Good News Translation (US Version)

After his arrest Peter was put in jail, where he was handed over to be guarded by four groups of four soldiers each. Herod planned to put him on trial in public after Passover.

Cross References

Luke 22:33

Peter answered, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you and to die with you!”

Proverbs 19:21

People may plan all kinds of things, but the Lord's will is going to be done.

Luke 21:12

Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to be tried in synagogues and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for my sake.

Acts 4:28

They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.

Acts 4:3

So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, since it was already late.

John 21:18

I am telling you the truth: when you were young, you used to get ready and go anywhere you wanted to; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you up and take you where you don't want to go.”

Matthew 26:5

“We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people will riot.”

Matthew 24:9

“Then you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and be put to death. Everyone will hate you because of me.

Proverbs 27:1

Never boast about tomorrow. You don't know what will happen between now and then.

Esther 3:13

Runners took this proclamation to every province of the empire. It contained the instructions that on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, all Jews—young and old, women and children—were to be killed. They were to be slaughtered without mercy and their belongings were to be taken.

Acts 8:3

But Saul tried to destroy the church; going from house to house, he dragged out the believers, both men and women, and threw them into jail.

Acts 5:18

They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

John 19:23

After the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. They also took the robe, which was made of one piece of woven cloth without any seams in it.

Lamentations 3:37

The will of the Lord alone is always carried out.

Exodus 12:1

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Egypt:

Mark 14:1

It was now two days before the Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.

Acts 12:3

When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he went ahead and had Peter arrested. (This happened during the time of the Festival of Unleavened Bread.)

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in jail, but the people of the church were praying earnestly to God for him.