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Acts 12:2
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and he executed James, John’s brother, 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 James the brother of John with the sword,
And he had James the brother of John executed with a sword.
He ordered James, the brother of John, to be killed by the sword.
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 had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.
He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the 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.
and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.
He ordered James, the brother of John, to be killed with a sword.
And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
He had James, the brother of John, put to death by the sword.
So he executed James the brother of John with a sword.
And with a sword he did away with James the brother of John.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
And he put James, the brother of John, to death 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.
And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde.
And he killed James the brother of John 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 slowe bi swerd James, the brothir of Joon.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.
Then 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.
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.
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,
he caus'd James the brother of John to be beheaded.
He had James killed with a sword. James was one of the twelve original cowboys (the brother of John).
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 wil blesse them that blesse the, and curse them that curse the: and in the shal all the generacions of the earth be blessed.
Then wente Abram out, as the LORDE commaunded him, and Lot wente with him. Fyue & seuentie yeare olde was Abra, whan he wente out of Haran.
And whe they were come in to the same londe, he wente thorow, tyll he came vnto the place of Sichem, and vnto the Okegroue of More: for ye Cananites dwelt in ye lode at ye same time.
The brake he vp fro thece, vnto a mountayne yt laye on ye east syde of the cite of Bethel, & pitched his tent: so yt he had Bethel on the west side, and Ay on ye east syde: & there buylded he an altare also vnto the LORDE, & called vpon the name of the LORDE.
Afterwarde departed Abram farther, & toke his iourneye southwarde.
But there came a derth in the londe. Then wente Abram downe in to Egipte to kepe himself there as a straunger, for the derth was sore in the londe.
Now whan he came in to Egipte, ye Egipcians sawe ye woman, yt she was very faire:
and Abram was well intreated for hir sake: and he had shepe, oxe, and he Asses, seruauntes, maydes, she Asses and Camels.
But ye LORDE plaged Pharao & his house wt greate plages, because of Sarai Abras wife.
Then Pharao called Abra vnto him, and sayde: Why hast thou dealt thus wt me? Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first, yt she was thy 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.
