1. During this same time, King Herod began to do harm to some of those who were part of the church.
2. He ordered James, the brother of John, to be killed with a sword.
3. Herod saw that many of the Jews liked this, so he decided to arrest Peter too. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.
4. He arrested Peter and put him in jail, where he was guarded by a group of 16 soldiers. Herod planned to bring Peter before the people, but he wanted to wait until after the Passover festival.