11And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.”e
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
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