Acts 12:18

¹⁸עִם אוֹר הַבֹּקֶר הָיְתָה מְבוּכָה גְּדוֹלָה בֵּין הַחַיָּלִים עַל־אוֹדוֹת כֵּיפָא. תָּמְהוּ: "מַה קָּרָה לוֹ?"

Acts 12 marks a dramatic pivot in the early church’s story. Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the Great, launches a persecution that kills James the apostle and imprisons Peter. The church responds not with strategy but with prayer. An angel rescues Peter, Herod meets a grue