Acts 12:16-19

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking on the door. So when someone finally opened the door, they saw that it was Peter, and they were completely amazed!

¹⁷Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet. Then he told them exactly how the Lord God had led him out of the prison. He also said, “Tell James, the leader of our congregation, and our other fellow believers what has happened.” Then Peter left and went away to another town.

¹⁸The next morning the soldiers who had been guarding Peter became terribly distressed, because they did not know what had happened to him.

¹⁹Then Herod heard about it. So he commanded soldiers to search for Peter, but they did not find him. Then he questioned the soldiers who had been guarding Peter, and asked them, “ How did Peter get away when you were there guarding him?” But they could not explain it. So he commanded them to be led away to be executed { other soldiers to lead them away to execute them}. Afterwards, Herod went from Judea province down to Caesarea, where he stayed for some time.