Acts 12:1-4 Now down through that season and during that particular situation, Herod the king had his subordinates thrust their hands on (= arrest) certain of the folks from the called-out community (or: the local Messianic communities; D adds: in Judea) to mistreat them.

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Now down through that season and during that particular situation, Herod the king [had his subordinates] thrust [their] hands on (= arrest) certain of the folks from the called-out community (or: the [local Messianic] communit[ies]; [D adds: in Judea]) to mistreat [them]. ² And so he took up Jacob (or: James), the brother of John, and assassinated [him] with a (or: by [the]) sword. ³ Now upon seeing that [this] was pleasing to the Judeans (= the Jewish leadership and their sympathizers), he set himself with a focus to seize (take together with the hands) Peter, also – now [these] were the days of unleavened bread [= during the Feast of Passover], ⁴ whom, after taking a firm hold on [him], he put into prison (or: jail), turning [him] over to four [shifts] of four soldiers [each] to continue guarding him, presently intending to lead him back up (= present him) to the people, after the Passover.