Acts 12:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 20:23 : 23 And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'
  • Heb 11:37 : 37 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins -- being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,
  • Matt 4:21-22 : 21 And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them, 22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
  • Mark 10:35 : 35 And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'
  • Mark 10:38 : 38 and Jesus said to them, `Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with -- to be baptized?'
  • 1 Kgs 19:1 : 1 And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant -- Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.'
  • Jer 26:23 : 23 And they bring out Urijah from Egypt, and bring him in unto the king Jehoiakim, and he smiteth him with a sword, and casteth his corpse unto the graves of the sons of the people.'

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    1And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,

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    10and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

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    3and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also -- and they were the days of the unleavened food --

  • Mark 6:27-28
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    27and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

    28and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

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    5and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

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    16And Herod having heard, said -- `He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

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    18for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

    19and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

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