True Witness Acts 12:4:
"And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people."
The Pagan feast of Easter is a spring feast which coincided with the Passover.
The people that intended to kill Peter, and the city that was about to incurred the wrath of God kept a Pagan holiday called Easter.
Facts about Easter: a feast for goddess of Eostre and hot cross buns were offered. "The pagan Saxons baked breads slashed with crosses to honour Eostre, their goddess of spring and fertility and the source of our word Easter. The four sections symbolised the four quarters of the moon, or the seasons, or something else." The four sections of the buns has its origin in pagan idol worship and not the cross of Calvary. Consider the "four quaternions" of soldiers guarding Peter intending to do him harm.
"The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger." Jeremiah 7:18
As in the days of Jeremiah, Jews kept this pagan feast and incurred the wrath of God to bring Babylon to burn down their temple and destroy their city, so in the days of the Apostles, the Jews kept this pagan feast and incurred the wrath of God to bring Rome to burn down their temple and destroy their city.
Acts 12:3-4
"And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people."
The days of unleavened bread are from the 14th day to 21nd day of the first month in the Spring. It is during this time Peter was arrested. While Easter is also celebrated by idolaters in the Spring, it occurs after the Passover and it is NOT the Passover.
False Witness:
NIV: "After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover."
NKJV: "So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover."
NLT: "Then he imprisoned him, placing him under the guard of four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring Peter out for public trial after the Passover."
ESV: "And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people."
NASB: "When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, turning him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending only after the Passover to bring him before the people."
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