Acts 12:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.

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  • Acts 12:22
    79%

    22And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.

  • Mark 6:20-22
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    77%

    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;

    22And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

  • Acts 12:19-20
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    75%

    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.

  • Acts 12:1
    74%

    1Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.

  • Luke 23:11-12
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    73%

    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.

    12And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.

  • Acts 25:22-23
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    22And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.

    23So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.

  • Luke 23:7-9
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    71%

    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.

    8Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.

    9And he put a great number of questions to him, but he said nothing.

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    30And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

    31And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

  • Acts 23:35
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    35I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

  • Acts 25:13
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    13Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.

  • Matt 14:1
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    1At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;

  • Matt 14:6
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    6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.

  • Acts 4:26-27
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    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,

  • Acts 25:6
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    6And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.

  • Acts 25:17
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    17So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

  • Esth 6:7-8
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    7And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,

    8Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head:

  • Acts 22:23
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    23And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air,

  • Luke 3:18-19
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    18And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

    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,

  • Matt 2:3
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    3And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

  • Matt 22:11
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    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

  • Luke 9:9
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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.

  • Mark 6:14
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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.

  • Luke 13:31
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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.

  • Acts 19:32-33
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    32And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

    33Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:

  • Matt 2:7
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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.

  • Acts 24:20-21
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    66%

    20Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

    21But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

  • Esth 6:11
    66%

    11Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

  • Mark 15:17
    66%

    17And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;

  • Acts 26:19
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    19So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

  • Acts 21:34
    66%

    34And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.

  • Luke 9:7
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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;

  • Esth 5:1
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    1Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.

  • Mark 6:16
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    16But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

  • Luke 20:1
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    1And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,

  • Acts 5:27
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    27And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

  • Mark 12:13
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    13Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.

  • Acts 6:12
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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,