Acts 12:2

World English Bible (2000)

He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

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  • Matt 20:23 : 23 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
  • Heb 11:37 : 37 They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
  • Matt 4:21-22 : 21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. 22 They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
  • Mark 10:35 : 35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."
  • Mark 10:38 : 38 But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
  • 1 Kgs 19:1 : 1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 He said, "I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."
  • Jer 26:23 : 23 and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

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    1 Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

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    10 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

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    27 Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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    16 But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead."

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

    19 Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,

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