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Acts 12:19

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And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.

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  1. Acts 12:17

    But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

  2. Acts 12:18

    Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

  3. Acts 12:20

    And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.

  4. Acts 12:21

    And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.