Acts 12:4

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

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KJV

King James Version

And when he had apprehended him, he put [him] in prison, and delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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WEB

World English Bible

When he had arrested him, he put him in prison and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

whom also, having arrested, he put in prison, having delivered [him] to four sets of four soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 12

² He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

³ And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

⁴ He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

⁵ So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

⁶ On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

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