Acts 12:1

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Around that time, King Herod laid hands on some from the church to mistreat them.

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  • Matt 24:9 : 9 'Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.'
  • Luke 22:53 : 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns."
  • Matt 10:17-18 : 17 But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to councils and will flog you in their synagogues. 18 You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word I spoke to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
  • Acts 4:30 : 30 Stretch out your hand to heal, and let signs and wonders take place through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

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  • Acts 12:2-6
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    2He executed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

    3When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (It was during the days of Unleavened Bread.)

    4After arresting him, he placed him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of soldiers, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

    5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church fervently prayed to God for him.

    6The night before Herod was to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards stood watch in front of the door of the prison.

  • Acts 12:18-21
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    18When day came, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

    19After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

    20Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they came to him, and after persuading Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they sought peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

    21On an appointed day, Herod, dressed in royal robes, sat on the throne and delivered a public address to them.

  • Luke 3:19-20
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    19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by John about Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and for all the evil things he had done,

    20added to these things by imprisoning John in prison as well.

  • Acts 4:26-28
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    26'The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.'

    27'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'

    28'They did what your hand and will had predestined to take place.'

  • Matt 14:1
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    1At that time, Herod, the tetrarch, heard the news about Jesus.

  • Matt 2:3
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    3When King Herod heard this, he was deeply troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

  • Matt 14:3
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    3For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

  • Luke 23:7
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    7Realizing that He was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

  • Mark 6:16-21
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    16But when Herod heard this, he said, 'John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead.'

    17For Herod himself had sent men to arrest John, and he had him bound and put in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

    18John had been telling Herod, 'It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.'

    19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she was unable to do so.

    20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard John speak, he was greatly perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him.

    21Finally, the opportune time came. On his birthday, Herod gave a banquet for his high officials, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

  • Matt 14:5-6
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    5Though Herod wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd because they considered John to be a prophet.

    6But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and it pleased Herod.

  • Luke 21:12
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    12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.

  • Luke 9:7
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    7Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead.

  • Luke 13:31
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    31At that time, some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, 'Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.'

  • Acts 17:8
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    8They stirred up the crowd and the city rulers as they heard these things.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Matt 2:7
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    7Then Herod secretly called the magi and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

  • Mark 3:6
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    6Immediately, the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

  • Matt 2:16
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    16Then Herod, realizing that he had been deceived by the magi, became furious. He sent orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.

  • Luke 23:11
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    11Then Herod, along with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him. They dressed Him in a splendid robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

  • Matt 14:10
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    10So he sent orders and had John beheaded in the prison.

  • Luke 3:1
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    1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

  • Acts 12:11
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    11When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'

  • Mark 6:14
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    14King Herod heard about Jesus, because His name had become well known. Some were saying, 'John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in Him.'

  • Acts 8:3
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    3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

  • Acts 5:18
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    18They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9But Herod said, 'I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?' And he tried to see him.

  • Mark 6:27
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    27So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison,

  • Acts 25:15
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    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, requesting a judgment against him.

  • Acts 24:7
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    7But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.

  • Matt 4:12
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    12When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew to Galilee.

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  • Acts 25:13
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    13After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

  • Acts 14:5
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    5When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

  • Acts 4:6
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    6Also present were Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others from the high-priestly family.