Acts 12:4

New American Bible - revised edition

He had him taken into custody and put in prison under the guard of four squads of four soldiers each. He intended to bring him before the people after Passover.

Cross References

Exodus 12:1

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans of the human heart, but it is the decision of the Lord that endures.

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what any day may bring forth.

Lamentations 3:37

Who speaks so that it comes to pass, unless the Lord commands it?

Matthew 24:9

Then they will hand you over to persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, “Not during the festival, that there may not be a riot among the people.” The Anointing at Bethany.

Mark 14:1

The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were to take place in two days’ time. So the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to arrest him by treachery and put him to death.

Luke 21:12

“Before all this happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name.

Luke 22:33

He said to him, “Lord, I am prepared to go to prison and to die with you.”

John 19:23

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier. They also took his tunic, but the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top down.

John 21:18

Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”

Acts 12:3

and when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (It was [the] feast of Unleavened Bread.)

Acts 12:5

Peter thus was being kept in prison, but prayer by the church was fervently being made to God on his behalf.

Acts 4:28

to do what your hand and [your] will had long ago planned to take place.

Acts 4:3

They laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

Acts 5:18

laid hands upon the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Acts 8:3

Saul, meanwhile, was trying to destroy the church; entering house after house and dragging out men and women, he handed them over for imprisonment. Philip in Samaria.