Acts 12:4 meaning and explanation

He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

Acts 12:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Herod Agrippa I, the king, has just killed James and now seizes Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The four squads of four soldiers, sixteen men in rotating shifts, show how seriously he guards one prisoner.

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