ACTS 12:1-5

¹Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.

²And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

³And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And those were the days of unleavened bread.

⁴And 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.

⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.