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<p class="tab-1">In this chapter we have the story, I. Of the martyrdom of James the apostle, and the imprisonment of Peter by Herod Agrippa, who now reigned as king in Judea, <a class="bibleref" title="Acts.12.1-Acts.12.4" href="/passage/?search=Acts.12.1-Acts.12.4">Acts 12:1-4</a>. II. The miraculous deliverance of Peter out of prison by the ministry of an angel, in answer to the prayers of the church for him, <a class="bibleref" title="Acts.12.6-Acts.12.19" href="/passage/?search=Acts.12.6-Acts.12.19">Acts 12:6-19</a>. III. The cutting off of Herod in the height of his pride by the stroke of an angel, the minister of God’s justice (<a class="bibleref" title="Acts.12.20-Acts.12.23" href="/passage/?search=Acts.12.20-Acts.12.23">Acts 12:20-23</a>); and this was done while Barnabas and Saul were at Jerusalem, upon the errand that the church of Antioch sent them on, to carry their charity; and therefore in the close we have an account of their return to Antioch, <a class="bibleref" title="Acts.12.24,Acts.12.25" href="/passage/?search=Acts.12.24,Acts.12.25"><span class="bibleref" title="Acts.12.24">Acts 12:24</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Acts.12.25">25</span></a>.</p>
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