Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they.

Herod's Violence to the ChurchNow about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James #Matt.

Acts 12 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John, ...

32 And we bring you the good newsthat what God promised to the fathers, 33this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in ...

About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and...

Farewell. Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. The next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, ...

There were four soldiers in each group. Herod wanted to judge Peter in front of everybody. After the Passover festival had finished, he would bring Peter out of ...

David Guzik commentary on Acts 12, where James the apostle dies as a martyr and an angel is sent to set Peter free from prison.

Acts 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the death of the first apostle, James.