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Acts 12:1-2
New Living Translation
Acts 12:1-2
New Living Translation
James Is Killed and Peter Is Imprisoned
12 About that time King Herod Agrippa[a] began to persecute some believers in the church. 2 He had the apostle James (John’s brother) killed with a sword.
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- 12:1 Greek Herod the king. He was the nephew of Herod Antipas and a grandson of Herod the Great.
Acts 12:1-2
New International Version
Acts 12:1-2
New International Version
Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison
12 It was about this time that King Herod(A) arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John,(B) put to death with the sword.(C)
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