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Acts 12:2

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

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  1. Acts 12:1

    Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

  2. Acts 12:3

    And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

  3. Acts 12:4

    And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.