So Peter was kept under guard in the prison, while the church prayed to God for him without ceasing.
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3and when he saw that this pleased the Jews, he went on to seize Peter as well. It was during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 4He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover. 5So Peter was kept under guard in the prison, while the church prayed to God for him without ceasing. 6The night before Herod was to bring him out, Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were keeping watch at the door of the cell. 7Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood there, and light filled the room. He struck Peter on the side and woke him. “Quick, get up,” he said, and the chains dropped from Peter’s wrists.
