Acts 12:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword.

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  • Matt 20:23 : 23 And he said vnto them, Ye shall drinke in deede of my cup, and shall be baptized with the baptisme, that I am baptized with, but to sit at my right hande, and at my left hand, is not mine to giue: but it shalbe giuen to them for whome it is prepared of my Father.
  • Heb 11:37 : 37 They were stoned, they were hewen asunder, they were tempted, they were slaine with the sworde, they wandred vp and downe in sheepes skinnes, and in goates skinnes, being destitute, afflicted, and tormented:
  • Matt 4:21-22 : 21 And when he was gone forth from thence, he saw other two brethren, Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother in a ship with Zebedeus their father, mending their nets, & he called them. 22 And they without tarying, leauing the ship, and their father, folowed him.
  • Mark 10:35 : 35 Then Iames & Iohn the sonnes of Zebedeus came vnto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest doe for vs that we desire.
  • Mark 10:38 : 38 But Iesus sayd vnto them, Ye knowe not what ye aske. Can ye drinke of the cup that I shal drinke of, and be baptized with the baptisme that I shall be baptized with?
  • 1 Kgs 19:1 : 1 Now Ahab tolde Iezebel all that Eliiah had done, and how he had slaine all the prophets with the sword.
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he answered, I haue bene very ielous for the Lord God of hostes: for the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenant, broken downe thine altars, and slayne thy Prophets with the sword, and I onely am left, and they seeke my life to take it away.
  • Jer 26:23 : 23 And they fet Vriiah out of Egypt, and brought him vnto Iehoiakim the King, who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead bodie into the graues of the children of the people.

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    1Nowe about that time, Herod the King stretched forth his hands to vexe certaine of the Church,

  • Matt 14:10-11
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    10And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.

    11And his head was brought in a platter, and giuen to the maide, and shee brought it vnto her mother.

  • Acts 12:3
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    3And when he sawe that it pleased the Iewes, he proceeded further, to take Peter also (then were the dayes of vnleauened bread.)

  • Mark 6:27-28
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    27And immediately the King sent the hangman, and gaue charge that his head shoulde be brought in. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

    28And brought his head in a charger, and gaue it to the maide, and the maide gaue it to her mother.

  • Matt 14:5
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    5And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.

  • Matt 14:3
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    3For Herod had taken Iohn, and bounde him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.

  • Mark 6:16-20
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    16So when Herod heard it, he said, It is Iohn whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

    17For Herod him selfe had sent forth, & had taken Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias sake, which was his brother Philippes wife, because he had maried her.

    18For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.

    19Therefore Herodias layd waite against him, & would haue killed him, but she could not:

    20For Herod feared Iohn, knowing that hee was a iust man, and an holy, and reuerenced him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

  • Mark 13:12
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    12Yea, and the brother shall deliuer the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shall rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

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    2Nowe the names of the twelue Apostles are these. The first is Simon, called Peter, and Andrewe his brother: Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother.

  • Acts 12:19-20
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    19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commaunded them to be led to be punished; he went downe from Iudea to Cesarea, and there abode.

    20Then Herod was angrie with them of Tyrus and Sidon, but they came all with one accord vnto him, and perswaded Blastus the Kings Chamberlaine, and they desired peace, because their countrey was nourished by the Kings land.

  • Mark 3:17
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    17Then Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, & Iohn Iames brother (and surnamed them Boanerges, which is, the sonnes of thunder,)

  • Matt 26:51-52
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    51And behold, one of them which were with Iesus, stretched out his hand, & drewe his sworde, and strooke a seruaunt of the high Priest, and smote off his eare.

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  • John 18:10-11
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    10Then Simon Peter hauing a sword, drewe it, & smote the hie Priests seruant, and cut off his right eare. Nowe the seruants name was Malchus.

    11Then sayde Iesus vnto Peter, Put vp thy sworde into the sheath: shall I not drinke of the cuppe which my Father hath giuen me?

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    16Iudas Iames brother, and Iudas Iscariot, which also was the traitour.)

  • Mark 14:47
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    47And one of them that stoode by, drewe out a sword, and smote a seruant of the hie Priest, and cut off his eare.

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    19But when Herod the Tetrarch was rebuked of him, for Herodias his brother Philips wife, and for all the euils which Herod had done,

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    49Now when they which were about him, saw what would follow, they said vnto him, Lord, shall we smite with sworde?

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    8So they tooke him, & killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

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    5And againe he sent another, and him they slew, & many other, beating some, & killing some.

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    24So she went forth, & said to her mother, What shal I aske? And she said, Iohn Baptists head.

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    19And when hee had gone a litle further thence, he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother, as they were in the ship, mending their nets.

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    19And none other of the Apostles sawe I, saue Iames the Lords brother.

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    54And when his disciples, Iames and Iohn sawe it, they saide, Lorde, wilt thou that we commaund, that fire come downe from heauen, and consume them, euen as Elias did?

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    6And thine handmayd had two sonnes, & they two stroue together in the fielde: (and there was none to part them) so the one smote the other, and slew him.

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    4And Iehoram rose vp vpon the kingdom of his father, and made himselfe strong, & slew all his brethren with the sworde, and also of the princes of Israel.

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  • Acts 12:17
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    17And he beckened vnto them with the hand, to hold their peace, and told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison; he saide, Goe shewe these things vnto Iames and to the brethren: and he departed and went into an other place.

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