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An Angel Frees Peter from Prison

12 Now about that time [a]Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to harm them. And he (A)had James the brother of John (B)put to death with a sword. And when he saw that it (C)pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. Now [b]it was during (D)the days of Unleavened Bread. When he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four [c](E)squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after (F)the Passover to bring him out before the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:1 Herod Agrippa I
  2. Acts 12:3 Lit they were the days
  3. Acts 12:4 Lit quaternions; a quaternion was composed of four soldiers