King James Version (KJV)
Acts 12:2
“And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.”
Verse in context — Acts 12
1
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth [his] hands to vex certain of the church.
2
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
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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