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Acts 12:2
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He had James killed with a sword. James was one of the twelve original cowboys (the brother of John).
And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.
And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.
And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.
and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.
Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
and he killed James, John's brother, with the sword.
He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
And he slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.
and James, John's brother, he beheaded.
And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword.
And with a sword he did away with James the brother of John.
As for Iames the brother of Ihon, him he slewe with the swerde.
he caus'd James the brother of John to be beheaded.
And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword;
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
He killed James the brother of John with the sword;
And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the swerde:
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,
He ordered James, the brother of John, to be killed by the sword.
He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.
He ordered soldiers to cut off the head of James, the brother of John.
and he had Ya‘akov, Yochanan's brother, put to death by the sword.
He killed James the brother of John with the sword,
And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
He killed Ya`akov, the brother of Yochanan, with the sword.
He even had James the brother of John killed with a sword.Matthew 4:21; 20:23;">[xr]
And he killed with the sword Jakub the brother of Juhanon.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
He had the apostle James (John's brother) killed with a sword.
He killed James, the brother of John, with a sword.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
He had James, the brother of John, killed with the sword.
And slew James the brother of John with a sword;
And he killed James, the brother of John, With the sword.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
So he executed James the brother of John with a sword.
And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde.
He ordered James, the brother of John, to be killed with a sword.
And he had James the brother of John executed with a sword.
He had James, the brother of John, put to death by the sword.
And he slowe bi swerd James, the brothir of Joon.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
James: Matthew 4:21, Matthew 4:22, Matthew 20:23, Mark 10:35, Mark 10:38
with: 1 Kings 19:1, 1 Kings 19:10, Jeremiah 26:23, Hebrews 11:37
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:36 - seeing Psalms 37:14 - wicked Daniel 11:33 - yet Matthew 10:2 - James Matthew 23:34 - ye Matthew 24:9 - shall they Mark 1:19 - James Mark 6:21 - when Mark 10:39 - Ye Luke 6:14 - James Luke 11:49 - and some Luke 21:16 - and some Acts 1:13 - Peter
Cross-References
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you."
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Abram traveled through the land to the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. This was James, the son of Zebedee, whom our Lord told, that he should be baptized with the baptism he was baptized with, Matthew 20:22 meaning the baptism of martyrdom; and he was the first martyr among the apostles: the death he was put to was one of the four capital punishments among the Jews, and was reckoned by them the most disgraceful of them all, and was inflicted upon deceivers of the people; and such an one James was thought to be e.
e Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 7. sect. 1, 3. & 11. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And he killed ... - He caused to be put to death with a sword, either by beheading, or piercing him through. The Roman procurators were entrusted with authority over life, though in the time of Pilate the Jews had not this authority.
James, the brother of John - This was the son of Zebedee, Matthew 4:21. He is commonly called James the Greater, in contradistinction from James, the son of Alpheus, who is called James the Less, Matthew 10:3. In this manner were the predictions of our Saviour respecting him fulfilled, Matthew 20:23, “Ye shall indeed drink of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 12:2. He killed James the brother of John with the sword. — This was James the greater, son of Zebedee, and must be distinguished from James the less, son of Alpheus. This latter was put to death by Ananias the high priest, during the reign of Nero. This James with his brother John were those who requested to sit on the right and left hand of our Lord, see Matthew 20:23; and our Lord's prediction was now fulfilled in one of them, who by his martyrdom drank of our Lord's cup, and was baptized with his baptism. By the death of James, the number of the apostles was reduced to eleven; and we do not find that ever it was filled up. The apostles never had any successors: God has continued their doctrine, but not their order.
By killing with the sword we are to understand beheading. Among the Jews there were four kinds of deaths:
1. Stoning;
2. burning;
3. killing with the sword, or beheading; and,
4. strangling.
The third was a Roman as well as a Jewish mode of punishment. Killing with the sword was the punishment which, according to the Talmud, was inflicted on those who drew away the people to any strange worship, Sanhedr. fol. iii. James was probably accused of this, and hence the punishment mentioned in the text.
