Acts 12:23-24

²³מִיָּד הִכָּהוּ מַלְאַךְ יהוה מִשּׁוּם שֶׁלֹּא נָתַן אֶת הַכָּבוֹד לֵאלֹהִים; הוּא נָפַח אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ כְּשֶׁהוּא אֲכוּל תּוֹלָעִים.f

²⁴דְּבַר אֱלֹהִים שִׂגְשֵׂג וְנָפוֹץ,

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