Acts 12:4

New International Version

After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

Cross References

Esther 3:13

Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.

Exodus 12:1

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Proverbs 27:1

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

Lamentations 3:37

Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?

Matthew 24:9

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

Matthew 26:5

“But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

Mark 14:1

Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

Luke 21:12

“But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.

Luke 22:33

But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”

John 19:23

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

John 21:18

Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are 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

When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

Acts 12:5

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

Acts 4:28

They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

Acts 4:3

They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.

Acts 5:18

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

Acts 8:3

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.