“And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)”
When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.—the political calculation is explicit: James's execution 'met with approval' (aresen tois Ioudaiois), so Herod escalates to Peter, the most prominent apostle. The timing 'during the Feast of Unleavened Bread' (epi tas hēmeras tōn azymōn, the week of Passover) is significant: it echoes Jesus's own arrest during Passover, suggesting Peter reenacts Jesus's passion. The Passover context prefigures liberation (Peter's escape), a new exodus.
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