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whom indeed having seized, he put into prison, having handed him over to four squads[a] of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him up to the people after the Passover [Feast]. So indeed Peter was being kept in the prison. And prayer was fervently being made by the church to God for him.

An Angel Releases Peter

And when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains. And guards in front of the door were keeping-watch-over the prison.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:4 Or, quaternians. That is, four four-man squads working three-hour watches overnight, two men inside chained to the prisoner and two outside at the door. This was the Roman custom.

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