1. At that time King Herod caused terrible suffering for some members of the church.
2. He ordered soldiers to cut off the head of James, the brother of John.
3. When Herod saw that this pleased the Jewish people, he had Peter arrested during the Festival of Thin Bread.
4. He put Peter in jail and ordered four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to put him on trial in public after the festival.
5. While Peter was being kept in jail, the church never stopped praying to God for him.
6. The night before Peter was to be put on trial, he was asleep and bound by two chains. A soldier was guarding him on each side, and two other soldiers were guarding the entrance to the jail.