Acts 12:1-4
1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. 2 Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. 4 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.
Governments can show evil against God's people as Herod did here to the church. First causing evil to harass many, then killing James, then arresting Peter and throwing him in jail. Peter sat there during the holiday, awaiting to be brought to trial after Passover. He was even guarded by four rotating shifts of four guards each to cover the four night watches. Herod must have feared God's intervention. So God sometimes intervenes to deliver His people, but even when He does not He still is with us in it.
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