Acts 12:2-4

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² He ordered James, the brother of John, to be killed by the sword [^Cexecution by beheading]. ³ Herod saw that ·some of the people liked this [^Lthis pleased the Jews/Jewish leaders], so he decided to arrest Peter, too. (This happened during the time of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.)

⁴ After Herod ·arrested [seized] Peter, he put him in ·jail [prison] and handed him over to be guarded by ·sixteen [^Lfour squads of four] soldiers. Herod planned to bring Peter ·before the people for trial [^Lto the people; ^Can idiom for a public trial] after the Passover Feast.