Acts 12:2

and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1At that time Herod the king laid his hands on some of those of the assembly to do them hurt,

3And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to take Peter also: (and they were the days of unleavened bread:)

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Cross References

1 Kings 19:1And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and in detail how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Jeremiah 26:23and they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king; and he slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the children of the people.

Matthew 20:23[And] he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on [my] left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.

Mark 10:38And Jesus said to them, Ye do not know what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup which *I* drink, or be baptised with the baptism that *I* am baptised with?

Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,

Matthew Henry on Acts 12:2-5

The Martyrdom of James; Peter's Imprisonment. 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. Ever since the… Read the whole commentary →

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