Acts 12:18-20

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁸ At daylight, there was a great commotion^[a] among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter. ¹⁹ After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.^(A)

Herod’s Death

²⁰ He had been very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians.^[b] Together they presented themselves before him. They won over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, and through him they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.^(B)