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  "id": "herod-imprisons-peter",
  "era": "early-church",
  "order": 446,
  "title": "Herod imprisons Peter",
  "date": {
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    "label": "c. AD 41–44",
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    "latest": 44
  },
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  "pinPlace": "jerusalem_636",
  "summary": "Seeing that this pleases the Jewish leaders, Herod arrests Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread and puts him under heavy guard, while the church prays earnestly for him.",
  "context": "Acts 12 implies Jerusalem: Peter goes to Mary’s house after his release, and Herod later goes down from Judea to Caesarea.",
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      "reference": "Acts 12:3–5",
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        44012005
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      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
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          "book": "Acts",
          "chapter": 12,
          "verse": 3,
          "text": "And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread."
        },
        {
          "book": "Acts",
          "chapter": 12,
          "verse": 4,
          "text": "He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover."
        },
        {
          "book": "Acts",
          "chapter": 12,
          "verse": 5,
          "text": "So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him."
        }
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          "label": "Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire",
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        }
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      "confidence": "Approximate region",
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      "sources": []
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      "label": "Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire",
      "url": "http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/15896"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
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        "name": "theographic",
        "ref": "334"
      },
      {
        "name": "editorial"
      }
    ],
    "review": "draft"
  },
  "eraName": "Early Church",
  "interactiveUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/?event=herod-imprisons-peter",
  "attribution": [
    "Events and places adapted from Theographic Bible Metadata (github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata), CC BY-SA 4.0. This adapted data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.",
    "Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.",
    "Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. https://berean.bible/licensing.htm"
  ],
  "translation": "bsb",
  "url": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/herod-imprisons-peter/",
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  "jsonUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/herod-imprisons-peter/index.json",
  "cautions": "Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.",
  "revision": "e46be7f7538bc37b"
}