Acts 12:4

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After arresting him, he placed him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of soldiers, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

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  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that will prevail.
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it come to pass, unless the Lord has decreed it?
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 'Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.'
  • Matt 26:5 : 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people."
  • Matt 27:64-66 : 64 'So order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, or else His disciples may come and steal Him away, and tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead." This last deception would be worse than the first.' 65 Pilate said to them, 'You have a guard of soldiers; go and make the tomb as secure as you know how.' 66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
  • Esth 3:6-7 : 6 But he considered it beneath him to attack Mordecai alone, for they had told him about Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first month, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot) before Haman for each day and each month, until the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
  • Esth 3:13 : 13 Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, ordering the destruction, killing, and annihilation of all the Jews—young and old, children and women—in a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
  • Acts 16:23-24 : 23 After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely. 24 Upon receiving this order, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
  • Luke 22:33 : 33 But Peter replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death."
  • John 13:36-38 : 36 Simon Peter said to Him, 'Lord, where are You going?' Jesus answered, 'Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.' 37 'Lord,' Peter asked, 'why can't I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You!' 38 Jesus replied, 'Will you really lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I tell you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.'
  • John 19:23 : 23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven from top to bottom.
  • John 21:18 : 18 'Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.'
  • Acts 4:3 : 3 So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day, since it was already evening.
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 'They did what your hand and will had predestined to take place.'
  • Acts 5:18 : 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

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  • Acts 12:3
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    3When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (It was during the days of Unleavened Bread.)

  • Acts 12:5-7
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    76%

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

    6The night before Herod was to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards stood watch in front of the door of the prison.

    7Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side to wake him, the angel said, 'Get up quickly.' Immediately, the chains fell off Peter's hands.

  • Acts 12:17-19
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    17Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, 'Report these things to James and the brothers.' Then he left and went to another place.

    18When day came, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

    19After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

  • John 18:12
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    12Then the detachment of soldiers, their commander, and the Jewish officers arrested Jesus and bound him.

  • Mark 15:16
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    16The soldiers led Him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole company of soldiers.

  • Luke 23:19
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    19(He had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

  • Acts 4:3
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    3So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

  • Mark 15:6
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    6At the festival, Pilate used to release to the people one prisoner whom they requested.

  • Matt 27:2
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    2They tied Him up, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Acts 28:16
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    16When we came to Rome, the centurion handed over the prisoners to the commander of the guard, but Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

  • Acts 12:10-11
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    10After they passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. They went out and walked one street, and immediately the angel left him.

    11When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'

  • Acts 21:33-34
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    33The commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and asked who he was and what he had done.

    34Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another. Because the commander could not get at the truth due to the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.

  • Matt 27:27
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    27Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the praetorium and gathered the whole cohort around Him.

  • Mark 15:1
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    1At once, early in the morning, the chief priests, along with the elders, scribes, and the entire council, held a consultation. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.

  • Luke 22:54
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    54Then they seized him, led him away, and brought him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.

  • Matt 27:15-16
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    15Now at the festival, the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner, whom they wanted.

    16At that time, they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

  • Acts 24:7
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    7But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.

  • Mark 14:1
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    1Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were just two days away, and the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest him by deceit and kill him.

  • Acts 5:21-22
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    21At daybreak, they entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

    22But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

  • Acts 23:10
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    10When the dissension became violent, the commander, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the troops to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 23:31
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    31So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

  • Acts 4:27
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    27'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'

  • Acts 23:23
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    23Then he called two of the centurions and said, 'Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, by nine o’clock tonight.'

  • Acts 22:30
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    30The next day, wanting to know for certain why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

  • Acts 16:23
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    23After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

  • Mark 14:12
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    12On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover meal for you to eat?"

  • Acts 22:24
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    24the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks and directed that he be interrogated under flogging to understand the reason they were shouting against him like this.

  • Luke 23:25
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    25He released the one they asked for, who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he handed Jesus over to their will.

  • Acts 5:18
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    18They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

  • John 18:28
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    28Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning, and they did not enter the headquarters themselves to avoid becoming ceremonially unclean, so that they could eat the Passover.

  • Matt 28:12
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    12The chief priests met with the elders, and after consulting together, they gave the soldiers a large amount of silver money.

  • Mark 14:43-44
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    43Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders.

    44Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard."

  • Luke 22:7-8
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    7Then the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

    8Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat."

  • Matt 4:12
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    12When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew to Galilee.

  • Mark 14:46
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    46Then they laid hands on him and arrested him.

  • Matt 28:14
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    14'If this is reported to the governor, we will persuade him and keep you out of trouble.'

  • Acts 23:35
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    35he said, 'I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.' Then he ordered him to be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

  • Luke 23:17
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    17(He was obligated to release one prisoner to them at the feast.)

  • Acts 24:23
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    23He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and not to prevent his friends from attending to his needs.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, requesting a judgment against him.