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General Information:
This is background information about Herod's killing James. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)
Connecting Statement:
This begins the new persecution, first of James' death and then of Peter's imprisonment and then release.
Now
This begins a new part of the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/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 5:18. Alternate translation: "sent soldiers to arrest" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/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/translate/figs-explicit)
so that he might mistreat them
"in order to cause the believers to suffer"