Acts 12:19

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Events

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• An angel rescues Peter from prisonc. AD 40

Related verses

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• Acts 16:27
  When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
• Psalm 37:32–33
  Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
• John 12:10–11
  So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
• Acts 12:4
  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.
• Acts 8:40
  But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
• Daniel 2:11–13
  What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
• Matthew 2:13
  When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
• Esther 6:12
  Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
• 1 Samuel 23:14
  And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
• 1 Kings 20:43
  Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.
• Acts 21:8
  Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
• Acts 12:6
  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.

People

Herod: A Tetrarch who persecuted the early church

Places

Caesarea: Coastal city, center of Roman rule in Judea· Judea: The southern region of Israel, centered around Jerusalem

Glossary

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Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament)· Book of the Acts of the Apostles· Chronology of the Bible (New Testament)· First Jewish Revolt· Herod, Herodian Family· Letter to the Galatians· Persecution· Peter, the Apostle

Topics

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Caesarea: The Home of Herod· Christian Minister: Persecution: Peter· Herod: Son of Aristobulus (Herod Agrippa I)· Homicide: Felonious: Herod· Jerusalem: Roman Rulers Who Resided in Herod (Herod Agrippa I)· Persecution of the Apostles· Peter: Imprisoned and Delivered by an Angel· Prisoners: Guards Responsible For· Prisoners: Peter· Prisons: Keepers of Put to Death If Prisoners Escaped· Rulers: Wicked: Herod Agrippa I, Persecuting the Congregation in Jerusalem· Soldiers: Their Duty As Sentinels· Watchman: Unfaithfulness in the Discharge of Duty of, Punished by Death