Acts 12:4

Herod Kills James And Imprisons Peter

³ When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, during the days of Unleavened Bread. ⁴ After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover. ⁵ So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.

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Luke 21:12

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of My name.

Esther 3:6-7

And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, Haman decided not to do away with Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.

Esther 3:13

Letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces telling the officials to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jewish people—young and old, women and children—and plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in a man’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t boast about tomorrow,
for you don’t know what a day might bring.

Lamentations 3:37

מ MemWho is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over for persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Matthew 26:5

“Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”

Matthew 27:64-66

Therefore give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come, steal Him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead.’ Then the last deception will be worse than the first.”

Luke 22:33

“Lord,” he told Him, “I’m ready to go with You both to prison and to death!”

John 13:36-38

“Lord,” Simon Peter said to Him, “where are You going?”

Jesus answered, “Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

John 19:23

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took His clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.

John 21:18

“I assure you: When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”

Acts 4:3

So they seized them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

Acts 4:28

to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had predestined to take place.

Acts 5:18

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.

Acts 8:3

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

Acts 16:23-24

After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to keep them securely guarded.