Acts 12:1-5 ▼

1 About that time King Herod laid hands upon some members of the church to harm them.

2 He had James, the brother of John, killed by the sword,

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.)

4 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.

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