Acts 12:19 meaning and explanation
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
Acts 12:19, Berean Standard Bible
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Herod Agrippa I, the ruler described earlier in this chapter, has Peter hunted through the city after the angel freed him from prison. When the search fails, he questions the sixteen soldiers who had guarded Peter and orders their execution, since Roman law held guards liable for a prisoner's escape.
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