Acts 12:1
Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.
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- Matt 24:9 : 9 Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
- Luke 22:53 : 53 When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.
- Matt 10:17-18 : 17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows; 18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
- John 15:20 : 20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
- John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.
- Acts 4:30 : 30 While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
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- Acts 12:2-65 verses78%
2And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.
3And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.
4And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.
5So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.
6And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.
- Acts 12:18-214 verses74%
18Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.
19And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.
20Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.
21And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.
- Luke 3:19-202 verses74%
19But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,
20Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.
- Acts 4:26-283 verses73%
26The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:
27For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,
28To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
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1At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;
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3And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
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3For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
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7And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time.
- Mark 6:16-216 verses71%
16But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.
17For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.
18For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.
19And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;
20For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.
21And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
- Matt 14:5-62 verses70%
5And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.
6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.
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12But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.
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7Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;
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31At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.
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8And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.
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12And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,
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7Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.
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6And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.
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16Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.
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11And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.
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10And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.
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1Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,
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11And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.
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14And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.
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3But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.
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18And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.
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9And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.
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27And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,
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15Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.
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12Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;
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1And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.
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13Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.
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5And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,
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6And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.