Acts 12:2
Good News Translation
He had James, the brother of John, put to death by the sword.

New Revised Standard Version
He had James, the brother of John, killed with the sword.

Contemporary English Version
He ordered soldiers to cut off the head of James, the brother of John.

New American Bible
He had James, the brother of John, killed by the sword,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he killed James, the brother of John, With the sword.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he killed James, the brother of John, With the sword.

James.

Matthew 4:21,22 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them. . . .

Matthew 20:23 He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.

Mark 10:35,38 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying: Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall ask, thou wouldst do it for us. . . .

with.

1 Kings 19:1,10 And Achab told Jezabel all that Elias had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. . . .

Jeremiah 26:23 And they brought Urias out of Egypt: and brought him to king Joakim, and he slew him with the sword: and he cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were cut asunder, they were tempted, they were put to death by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being in want, distressed, afflicted:

Context
James Killed, Peter Imprisoned
1And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church. 2And he killed James, the brother of John, With the sword. 3And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to take up Peter also. Now it was in the days of the Azymes.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:21
And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.

Matthew 20:23
He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.

Mark 10:39
But they said to him: We can. And Jesus saith to them: You shall indeed drink of the chalice that I drink of; and with the baptism wherewith I am baptized you shall be baptized.

Acts 12:1
And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church.

Acts 12:1
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