Acts 12:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

At that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to persecute certain members of the church.

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  • Matt 24:9 : 9 Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.
  • Luke 22:53 : 53 When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth any hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
  • Matt 10:17-18 : 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
  • Acts 4:30 : 30 By stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.

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    2And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

    3And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.)

    4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison and handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after Passover.

    5So Peter was kept in prison, but constant prayer was made to God for him by the church.

    6And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

  • Acts 12:18-21
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    18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

    19And when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

    20Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king's country.

    21And on a set day Herod, dressed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave a speech to them.

  • Luke 3:19-20
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    19But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

    20Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

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

    27For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

    28To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

  • Matt 14:1
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    1At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

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

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

  • Luke 23:7
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    7And as soon as he knew that He belonged to 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 of it, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded; he is risen from the dead.

    17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.

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

    19Therefore Herodias held a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him; but she could not:

    20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

    21And when a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee;

  • Matt 14:5-6
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    5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.

    6But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

  • Luke 21:12
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    12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

  • Luke 9:7
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    7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead;

  • Luke 13:31
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    31The same day some of the Pharisees came, saying to him, Get out and depart from here, for Herod will kill you.

  • Acts 17:8
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    8And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.

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

  • Matt 2:7
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    7Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

  • Mark 3:6
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    6And the Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

  • Matt 2:16
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    16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all its coasts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

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

  • Matt 14:10
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    10And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

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

  • Acts 12:11
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    11And when Peter had come to himself, he said, 'Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.'

  • Mark 6:14
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    14And King Herod heard of him; for his name was spread abroad: and he said, John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works show forth themselves in him.

  • Acts 8:3
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    3As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering every house and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

  • Acts 5:18
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    18And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9And Herod said, I beheaded John: but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

  • Mark 6:27
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    27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

  • Acts 25:15
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    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a judgment against him.

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    7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great force took him away out of our hands,

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    12Now when Jesus heard that John was cast into prison, he departed to Galilee,

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    1And Saul approved of his death. And at that time a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

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    13And after some days, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus.

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    5And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and stone them,

  • Acts 4:6
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    6Along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.