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Acts 12:4

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

After seizing Peter, Herod put him in prison, and entrusted him to the keeping of four Guards of four soldiers each, intending, after the Passover, to bring him up before the people.

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When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my Name.

But they said: "Not during the Festival, for fear of causing a riot."

It was now two days before the Festival of the Passover and the Unleavened bread. The Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity to arrest Jesus by stealth, and to put him to death;

Before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you, and they will betray you to Synagogues and put you in prison, when you will be brought before kings and governors for the sake of my Name.

"Master," said Peter, "with you I am ready to go both to prison and to death."

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares--a share for each soldier--and they took the coat also. The coat had no seam, being woven in one piece from top to bottom.

"In truth I tell you," he continued, "when you were young, you used to put on your own girdle, and walk wherever you wished; but, when you have grown old, you will have to stretch out your hands, while some one else puts on your girdle, and takes you where you do not wish."

And, when he saw that the Jews were pleased with this, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (This was during the Festival of the Unleavened Bread.)

So Peter was kept in prison, but meanwhile the prayers of the Church were being earnestly offered to God on his behalf.

Yet only to do what thou, by thy power and of thy own will, didst long ago destine to be done.

They arrested the Apostles and, as it was already evening, had them placed in custody till the next day.

Arrested the Apostles, and had them placed in custody.

But Saul began to devastate the Church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.




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