Acts 12:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

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  • Acts 16:27 : 27 When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
  • Acts 25:13 : 13 Festus Asks King Agrippa for Advice After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
  • Acts 27:42 : 42 Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.
  • 1 Sam 23:14 : 14 David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand.
  • 1 Kgs 20:43 : 43 The king of Israel went home to Samaria bitter and angry.
  • Esth 6:12 : 12 Then Mordecai again sat at the king’s gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them. 33 But the LORD does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.
  • Jer 36:26 : 26 He also ordered Jerahmeel, who was one of the royal princes, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. However, the LORD hid them.
  • Dan 2:11-13 : 11 What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods– but they don’t live among mortals!” 12 Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.
  • Matt 2:13 : 13 The Escape to Egypt After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,“Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
  • Matt 28:11-15 : 11 The Guards’ Report While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 13 telling them,“You are to say,‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’ 14 If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.
  • John 12:10-11 : 10 So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too, 11 for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.
  • Acts 8:40 : 40 Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
  • Acts 12:4 : 4 When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.
  • Acts 12:6 : 6 On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

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    16 Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.

    17 He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and then related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said,“Tell James and the brothers these things,” and then he left and went to another place.

    18 At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

  • Acts 12:1-7
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    1 James is Killed and Peter Imprisoned About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.

    2 He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.

    3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too.(This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread.)

    4 When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

    5 So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

    6 On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

    7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying,“Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

  • Acts 12:10-12
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    10 After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

    11 When Peter came to himself, he said,“Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”

    12 When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

  • Luke 23:7
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    7 When he learned that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

  • Acts 23:35
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    35 he said,“I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

  • Luke 23:15
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    15 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.

  • Acts 12:20-21
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    20 Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king’s personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country’s food supply was provided by the king’s country.

    21 On a day determined in advance, Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9 Herod said,“I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

  • Acts 5:22-23
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    22 But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

    23 “We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

  • Mark 6:20
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    20 because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.

  • Acts 25:6
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    6 After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.

  • Matt 14:5
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    5 Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

  • Matt 26:58
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    58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

  • Acts 10:23
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    23 So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests.On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

  • Luke 22:54-55
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    54 Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance.

    55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

  • Acts 25:4
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    4 Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.

  • Luke 23:9
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    9 So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.

  • Matt 4:12
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    12 Preaching in Galilee Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, he went into Galilee.

  • Mark 6:27
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    27 So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

  • Acts 25:25
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    25 But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

  • Mark 14:66
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    66 Peter’s Denials Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls came by.

  • Luke 3:20
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    20 Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison.

  • Mark 6:16
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    16 But when Herod heard this, he said,“John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!”

  • Acts 10:8
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    8 and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

  • Luke 9:7
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    7 Herod’s Confusion about Jesus Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,

  • Acts 26:31
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    31 and as they were leaving they said to one another,“This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”

  • Matt 2:19
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    19 The Return to Nazareth After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

  • Matt 2:7
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    7 Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

  • Matt 2:3
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    3 When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.

  • Acts 10:18
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    18 They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.

  • Matt 2:22
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    22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

  • Matt 14:10
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    10 So he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

  • Acts 4:27
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    27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

  • Luke 23:19
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    19 (This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

  • Acts 23:29
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    29 I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

  • Acts 28:18
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    18 When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

  • Luke 13:31
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    31 Going to Jerusalem At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus,“Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”

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