Acts 12:2

Good News Translation

He had James, the brother of John, put to death by the sword.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:1

King Ahab told his wife Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had put all the prophets of Baal to death.

1 Kings 19:10

He answered, “Lord God Almighty, I have always served you—you alone. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed all your prophets. I am the only one left—and they are trying to kill me!”

Jeremiah 26:23

They brought him back to King Jehoiakim, who had him killed and his body thrown into the public burial ground.)

Matthew 20:23

“You will indeed drink from my cup,” Jesus told them, “but I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. These places belong to those for whom my Father has prepared them.”

Mark 10:35

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “there is something we want you to do for us.”

Mark 10:38

Jesus said to them, “You don't know what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup of suffering that I must drink? Can you be baptized in the way I must be baptized?”

Mark 10:39

“We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink the cup I must drink and be baptized in the way I must be baptized.

Acts 12:1

About this time King Herod began to persecute some members of the church.

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were killed by the sword. They went around clothed in skins of sheep or goats—poor, persecuted, and mistreated.