When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.God let this whole situation play out, knowing that these soldiers would die. There probably wasn't anything about those soldiers that was any worse than others. They were just doing their job, obeying orders, but God divinely intervened in a situation and it cost them their lives.
This is a reminder that sometimes God's good work for His people can result in bad for others. Peter lived to do His work, but these soldiers paid the price for that miracle. However, sometimes the reverse is true, and God works that His people might die so non-believers live, and hopefully come to an understanding of why.
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