Acts 12 tells the story of the death of James, son of Zebedee, the imprisonment and miraculous escape of Peter from prison, the death of Herod Agrippa I, and the early ministry of Barnabas and Paul of Tarsus. The chapter begins with the first death of an apostle and ends with the death of a Roman territorial king. Persecution strikes the Church through Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great. Peter is miraculously delivered from prison. The death of Herod is a judgment from God.
