Bible Explorer · Event · c. AD 44
After Herod Agrippa I executes the apostle James and imprisons Peter under four squads of soldiers, the Jerusalem church prays earnestly; an angel awakens Peter, causes his chains to fall, and leads him through the locked iron gate into freedom.
Date: c. AD 44 · Note: Dramatic divine intervention delivering Peter on the eve of his scheduled royal execution.
Acts 12:1-19