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Acts 12:4

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.

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ASV

And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

KJV

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὃνhonwhomG3739 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
πιάσαςpiasashaving seizedG4084 →
ἔθετοethetohe putG5087 →
εἰςeisinG1519 →
φυλακὴνphulakēnprisonG5438 →
παραδοὺςparadoushaving delivered [him]G3860 →
τέσσαρσινtessarsinto fourG5064 →
τετραδίοιςtetradioissets of fourG5069 →
στρατιωτῶνstratiōtōnsoldiersG4757 →
φυλάσσεινphulasseinto guardG5442 →
αὐτόν,autonhim,G846 →
βουλόμενοςboulomenosintendingG1014 →
μετὰmetaafterG3326 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
πάσχαpaschaPassoverG3957 →
ἀναγαγεῖνanagageinto bring outG321 →
αὐτὸνautonhimG846 →
τῷtōto theG3588 →
λαῷ.¶laōpeople.G2992 →

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Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.Luke 22:33“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”Luke 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.John 13:36–38“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”Acts 12:10They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.Acts 4:3They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.Esther 3:13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.Matthew 27:64–66So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.John 21:18Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”Matthew 26:5“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”Esther 3:6–7And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.Acts 12:19After 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 16:23And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.Daniel 2:18urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.Daniel 6:17A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.

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