12:2 - And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

Tertullian Scorpiace
that James is slain[112]

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.

Peter of Alexandria Canonical Epistle
Let them recall to their minds also how Peter, the chief of the apostles, "was thrown into prison, and delivered to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; "[52]
Polycrates of Ephesus
It is surely noteworthy that nobody doubted that it was kept by a Christian and Apostolic ordinance. So St. Paul argues from its Christian observance, in his rebuke of the Corinthians.[4]

12:13 - And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

Shepherd of Hermas Vision First
He who had brought me up, sold me to one Rhode in Rome.[1]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII
s, but that the great have passed beyond such a position, some one will quote in opposition to US from the Acts of the Apostles, where it is written, that a certain maid Rhoda, when Peter knocked at the door, came to answer, and recognizing the voice of Peter, ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate; but when they who were gathered together in the house wondered, and thought that it was quite impossible that Peter verily stood before the gate, they said, It is his angel.[178]

12:15 - And they said unto her, You are mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

Tertullian On Baptism
Thus, too, does the angel, the witness[45]

12:18 - Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

Peter of Alexandria Canonical Epistle
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death,"[53]

12:23 - And immediately the angel of the Lord stroke him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the spirit.

Tertullian To Scapula
We can point you also to the deaths of some provincial rulers, who in their last hours had painful memories of their sin in persecuting the followers of Christ.[6]
Lactantius Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died
The stench was so foul as to pervade not only the palace, but even the whole city; and no wonder, for by that time the passages from his bladder and bowels, having been devoured by the worms, became indiscriminate, and his body, with intolerable anguish, was dissolved into one mass of corruption.[29]