Fbco Sunday Sermons

We saw last week that Herod had already put to death one of the original 12 apostles. When that pleased the crowd, he decided to go for the biggest prize of all: Peter. The only problem was that he arrested him just before the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a seven-day event that started with the Passover celebration. Of all the feasts, Passover Week was the one the Israelites cherished most. Everyone’s attention was to be focused on God, and a trial during this week would have been totally inappropriate. So, Peter would be placed in prison for seven nights before being taken out, tried, and killed. Herod did everything in his power to make sure Peter could not get away. He put four squads of four soldiers each in charge of him. They were each to take six-hour shifts, to guarantee they would not get tired and fall asleep on duty. Two of the four soldiers would literally be chained to Peter, one to his right wrist, the other to his left. Peter was held in a cell behind two locked doors, the other two soldiers in