# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
# live query, 2026-08-01, clean year.
id: lauds-capitulum-st-peter-ad-vincula
text:
  la: "Misit Heródes rex manus ut afflígeret quosdam de Ecclésia. Occídit autem Jacóbum fratrem Joánnis gládio. Videns autem quia placéret Judǽis, appósuit ut apprehénderet et Petrum."
  en: "Herod the King stretched forth his hands, to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded farther to take Peter also."
citation:
  la: "Act 12:1-3"
  en: "Acts 12:1-3"
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified