# Acts 12:6

> On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

— Acts 12:6, 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

- Acts 21:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/33
- Hebrews 13:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/13/6
- 1 Samuel 23:26-27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/23/26
- Ephesians 6:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/6/20
- Philippians 4:6-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/philippians/4/6
- 2 Timothy 1:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/1/16

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).