Acts 12These stories are amazing, and Luke puts them together in such a way that readers can be carried away in their imagining. They speak of God’s intervention against the “violent hands” of a human ruler. Incidentally, they also explain why Herod’s persecution ended, and why Peter wound up in Caesarea. Aside from his speech at the council in Acts 15, this is the last mention of Peter’s name in Acts. The spotlight is on Paul and his missionary band from now on.
LORD, thank you for your miraculous preservation of our lives for as long as we need it, until our work for you is done. We trust you to protect us from violent hands.
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