The ministry of Peter IV

Christian Religious Studies JSS3 Second Term

Sub-theme: Ministry of Peter

Week 4                                         

The ministry of Peter IV

Performance objectives:

Students should be able to:

1. An account of the release of Peter from prison.

Content

Peter’s divine release and death of Herod Acts 12:1-24

Peter’s divine release

It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword when he saw that it was an agreement among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also.

This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread, after arresting him; he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four…