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King Herod puts Peter in prison

12 At that time, King Herod took hold of some of the group of believers in Jerusalem. He wanted to cause them to suffer. He sent his soldiers to cut off James's head. James was John's brother.[a]

King Herod saw that the Jews were happy because he had killed James. So he sent his soldiers to take hold of Peter too. This happened during the Festival of Flat Bread.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:2 James and John were sons of Zebedee. King Herod killed James about 10 years after Jesus became alive again.
  2. 12:3 The Jews usually made bread with yeast, flour and water. But during the week of the Passover festival they did not use any yeast in their bread.