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1 About that time, king Herod Agrippa began to persecute some of the church. 2 he caus'd James the brother of John to be beheaded. 3 and perceiving that the Jews were pleas'd with this, he proceeded to secure Peter during the feast of unleavened bread: 4 having apprehended Peter, he put him into prison, appointing a detachment of sixteen soldiers to guard him, intending to have him brought to publick execution, after Easter. 5 thus Peter was kept in prison, but the Church prayed to God, without ceasing, for him, Acts 12:1-5, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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