Acts 12:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison and handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after Passover.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not commanded it?
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.
  • Matt 26:5 : 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
  • Matt 27:64-66 : 64 Command therefore that the sepulcher be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; so the last deception will be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said unto them, You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you can. 66 So they went, and made the sepulcher secure, sealing the stone and setting a guard.
  • Esth 3:6-7 : 6 And he thought it scornful to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had shown him the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
  • Esth 3:13 : 13 And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them as a prey.
  • Acts 16:23-24 : 23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. 24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
  • Luke 22:33 : 33 And he said to him, 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 him, Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you shall follow me afterward. 37 Peter said to him, Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for your sake. 38 Jesus answered him, Will you lay down your life for my sake? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied me three times.
  • John 19:23 : 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
  • John 21:18 : 18 Truly, truly, I say to you, When you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.
  • Acts 4:3 : 3 And they seized them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
  • Acts 5:18 : 18 And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering every house and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 12:3
    81%

    3And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.)

  • Acts 12:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5So Peter was kept in prison, but constant prayer was made to God for him by the church.

    6And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

    7And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. He struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, 'Arise quickly!' And his chains fell off his hands.

  • Acts 12:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17But motioning to them with his hand to keep silence, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, 'Go and tell these things to James and to the brethren.' And he departed and went to another place.

    18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

    19And when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

  • John 18:12
    72%

    12Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him,

  • Mark 15:16
    72%

    16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium, and they called together the whole band.

  • Luke 23:19
    71%

    19(who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder.)

  • Acts 4:3
    71%

    3And they seized them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

  • Mark 15:6
    70%

    6Now at that feast he released to them one prisoner, whomever they desired.

  • Matt 27:2
    70%

    2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Acts 28:16
    70%

    16And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

  • Acts 12:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10When they had passed the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them by itself; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

    11And when Peter had come to himself, he said, 'Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.'

  • Acts 21:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    33Then the chief captain came near, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done.

    34And some cried one thing, and some another, among the crowd: and when he could not determine the truth because of the uproar, he commanded him to be carried into the barracks.

  • Matt 27:27
    70%

    27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall and gathered the whole band of soldiers around him.

  • Mark 15:1
    69%

    1And immediately in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

  • Luke 22:54
    69%

    54Then they took him, and led him, and brought him to the high priest's house. And Peter followed from a distance.

  • Matt 27:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the people a prisoner, whom they wished.

    16And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

  • Acts 24:7
    69%

    7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great force took him away out of our hands,

  • Mark 14:1
    69%

    1After two days was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit and kill him.

  • Acts 5:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest came, and those with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

    22But when the officers came and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

  • Acts 23:10
    69%

    10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing that Paul might be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 23:31
    69%

    31Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

  • Acts 4:27
    69%

    27For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

  • Acts 23:23
    69%

    23And he called two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen at the third hour of the night;

  • Acts 22:30
    69%

    30On the next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

  • Acts 16:23
    69%

    23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.

  • Mark 14:12
    69%

    12On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover, his disciples said to him, Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?

  • Acts 22:24
    69%

    24The chief captain ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and directed that he be examined by scourging, to find out why they shouted so against him.

  • Luke 23:25
    68%

    25And he released to them the one who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder, whom they had asked for; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

  • Acts 5:18
    68%

    18And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

  • John 18:28
    68%

    28Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment, and it was early. But they themselves did not go into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.

  • Matt 28:12
    68%

    12And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a large amount of money to the soldiers,

  • Mark 14:43-44
    2 verses
    68%

    43And immediately, while he yet spoke, came Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

    44And he who betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomever I kiss, he is the one; take him and lead him away safely.

  • Luke 22:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be sacrificed.

    8And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.

  • Matt 4:12
    68%

    12Now when Jesus heard that John was cast into prison, he departed to Galilee,

  • Mark 14:46
    68%

    46And they laid their hands on him and took him.

  • Matt 28:14
    67%

    14And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and keep you secure.

  • Acts 23:35
    67%

    35he said, I will hear you when your accusers have come also. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

  • Luke 23:17
    67%

    17(For it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast.)

  • Acts 24:23
    67%

    23And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have freedom, and that he should permit none of his friends to minister or come to him.

  • Acts 25:15
    67%

    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a judgment against him.