Acts 12:18-20

English Standard Version

¹⁸ Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. ¹⁹ And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ^(A)ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.

The Death of Herod

²⁰ Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and ^(B)having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain,^[a] they asked for peace, because ^(C)their country depended on the king's country for food.