Acts 12:1
At the same tyme Herode the king stretched foorth his handes to vexe certayne of the Churche.
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- Matt 24:9 : 9 Then shall they put you to trouble, and shall kyll you, and ye shalbe hated of all nations for my names sake.
- Luke 22:53 : 53 When I was dayly with you in the temple, ye stretched foorth no handes agaynst me: But this is euen your very houre, and the power of darknesse.
- Matt 10:17-18 : 17 But beware of men. For they shall delyuer you vp to the councels, and shal scourge you in their synagogues. 18 And ye shalbe brought to the head rulers, and kynges, for my sake, in witnesse to them, and to the Gentiles.
- John 15:20 : 20 Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde. If they haue persecuted me, they wyll also persecute you. If they haue kept my saying, they wyll kepe yours also.
- John 16:2 : 2 They shall excomunitate you: yea the time shall come, that who so euer kylleth you, wyll thynke that he doth God seruice.
- Acts 4:30 : 30 So that thou stretch foorth thyne hande, that healyng, and signes, and wonders, be done by the name of thy holy chylde Iesus.
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- Acts 12:2-65 verses78%
2And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde.
3And because he sawe it pleased the Iewes, he proceaded further, and toke Peter also. (Then were the dayes of sweete bread.)
4And when he had caught hym, he put hym in pryson also, and delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept, intendyng after Easter to bryng hym foorth to the people.
5And Peter was kept in pryson: But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche, vnto God for hym.
6And when Herode woulde haue brought hym foorth vnto the people, the same nyght slept Peter betweene two souldiers, bounde with two chaynes, and the kepers before the doore kept the pryson.
- Acts 12:18-214 verses74%
18Nowe assoone as it was day, there was no litle adoe among the souldiers, what was become of Peter.
19And when Herode had sought for hym, and founde hym not, he examined the kepers, and commaunded them to be caryed away. And he descended from Iurie to Cesarea, and there abode.
20And Herode was displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: But they came all with one accorde to hym, and made intercession vnto Blastus the kynges chaumberlayne, and desired peace, because their countrey was norisshed by the kyng.
21And vpon a day appoynted, Herode arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in his seate, and made an oration vnto them.
- Luke 3:19-202 verses74%
19Then Herode the tetrarch, when he was rebuked of hym for Herodias, his brother Philippes wyfe, and for all the euyls which Herode dyd,
20Added this aboue all, & shut vp Iohn in pryson.
- Acts 4:26-283 verses73%
26The kynges of the earth stoode vp, and the rulers came together, agaynst the Lorde, and agaynst his Christe.
27And of a trueth, agaynst thy holye chylde Iesus, who thou hast anoynted, both Herode and also Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, gathered them selues together,
28For to do whatsoeuer thy hande & thy counsel determined before to be done.
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1At that tyme Herode the Tetrarch, hearde of the fame of Iesu.
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3When Herode the kyng had hearde these thynges, he was troubled, and all the citie of Hierusalem with hym.
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3For Herode had taken Iohn, and bounde hym, and put hym in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wyfe.
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7And assoone as he knewe that he belonged vnto Herodes iurisdiction, he sent hym to Herode, whiche was also at Hierusalem at that tyme.
- Mark 6:16-216 verses71%
16But when Herode hearde of hym, he saide: It is Iohn, whom I beheaded, he is rysen from death agayne.
17For Herode himselfe had sent foorth, and layde handes vpon Iohn, & bounde hym in pryson, for Herodias sake, his brother Philippes wyfe, because he had maryed her.
18For Iohn sayde vnto Herode: It is not lawful for thee to haue thy brothers wyfe.
19Therefore Herodias layde wayte for hym, and woulde haue kylled hym: but she coulde not.
20For Herode feared Iohn, knowyng that he was a iuste man and an holye, and gaue hym reuerence: and when he hearde hym, he dyd many thynges, and hearde hym gladly.
21And whe a conuenient day was come, that Herode on his birth daye made a supper to the lordes, hye captaynes, and chiefe estates of Galilee.
- Matt 14:5-62 verses70%
5And when he woulde haue put hym to death, he feared the people: because they counted hym as a prophete.
6But when Herodes birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunsed before them, and pleased Herode.
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12But before all these, they shall laye their handes on you, and persecute you, deliueryng you vp to the synagogues, & into prisons, and shall bryng you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake.
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7And Herode the tetrarche heard of all that was done by hym, and doubted, because that it was sayde of some, that Iohn was rysen agayne from death:
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31The same day, came there certaine of the pharisees, and sayde vnto hym: Get thee out, and depart hence, for Herode wyll kyll thee.
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8And they troubled the people, and the officers of the citie, when they hearde these thynges.
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12And they moued the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came vppon hym, and caught him, and brought him to the counsell.
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7Then Herode, when he had priuilye called the wyse men, inquired of the diligently, what tyme the starre appeared.
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6And the pharisees departed, and strayghtway gathered a councell, with the Herodians, agaynst hym, that they myght destroy hym.
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16Then Herode, when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men, was excedyng wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the chyldren that were in Bethlehe, and in all the coastes, as many as were two yere olde, or vnder, according to the tyme, which he had diligently searched out, of the wyse men.
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11And Herode with his men of warre despised him: and when he had mocked hym, he arayed hym in whyte clothing, and sent hym agayne to Pilate.
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10And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the pryson.
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1Nowe, in the fifteenth yere of ye raigne of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being lieftenaut of Iurie, and Herode being tetrarch of Galilee, & his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea, and of the region of ye Trachonites, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abiline,
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11And when Peter was come to hym selfe, he sayde: Nowe I knowe of a suertie, that the Lorde hath sent his Angel, and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytyng for, of the people of the Iewes.
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14And king Herode hearde of hym for his name was spread abrode: And he sayde, Iohn Baptist is rysen agayne from the dead, and therefore myghtie workes do shewe foorth them selues in hym.
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3As for Saul, he made hauocke of the Churche, and entred into euery house, & drewe out both men and women, and put them into pryson.
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18And layed handes on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.
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9And Herode sayde, Iohn haue I beheaded, but who is this of who I heare such thinges? And he desired to see him.
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27And immediatlye the kyng sent the hangman, and commaunded his head to be brought in: And he went, and beheaded hym in the pryson,
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15About whom, when I came to Hierusalem, the hye priestes and elders of the Iewes enfourmed me, and desired to haue iudgement agaynst hym.
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7But the hye captayne Lysias, came vpon vs, and with great violence toke hym away out of our handes,
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12When Iesus had hearde that Iohn was delyuered vp, he departed into Galilee,
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1And Saul consented vnto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against ye Churche which was at Hierusalem, and they were all scattered abrode thorowout the regions of Iurie, and Samaria, except the apostles.
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13And after certayne dayes, King Agrippa and Bernice came vnto Cesarea, to salute Festus.
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5And when there was an assault made both of the gentiles, and also of the Iewes, with their rulers, to do them violence, and to stone them,
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6And Annas the chiefe priest, and Caiaphas, and Iohn, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kynrede of the hye priestes, were gathered together at Hierusalem.