11When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”e
12Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
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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