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Acts 12:4

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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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Acts 12:4 in other translations

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.

Acts 12:4 · American Standard Version

Acts 12:4 in context

  1. 2He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
  2. 3When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
  3. 4When 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.
  4. 5Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
  5. 6The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.