# Acts 12:5

> So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

— Acts 12:5, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- AD 44 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Josephus (Antiquities XIX.8.2) dates the death of Herod Agrippa I to AD 44, and Acts 12:23 tells of the same death.

## Who ruled

- **Herod Agrippa I**, king of Judea, AD 41-44, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44
- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII

## See also

- 1 Corinthians 12:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/12/26
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/5/17
- James 5:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/5/16
- Ephesians 6:18-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/6/18
- 2 Corinthians 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/1/11
- Matthew 18:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/18/19
- Luke 18:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/18/1
- Acts 12:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/12

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).