en_tn_condensed/act/12/01.md

General Information:

This is background information about Herod's killing James. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)

Connecting Statement:

This begins the new persecution, first of James's death and then of Peter's imprisonment and then release.

Now

This begins a new part of the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-newevent)

about that time

This refers to the time of the famine.

laid hands on

This means Herod had the believers arrested. See how you translated this in Acts 4:3. Alternate translation: "sent soldiers to arrest" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)

some who belonged to the church

Only James and Peter are specified, which implies that these were leaders of the church in Jerusalem. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)

so that he might mistreat them

"in order to cause the believers to suffer"