King Ahab told Jezebel all the things that Elijah did. Ahab told her how Elijah had killed all the prophets with a sword.
Acts 12:2 - Easy To Read Version Herod ordered James to be killed with a sword. James was the brother of John. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he killed James the brother of John with a sword; American Standard Version (1901) And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. Common English Bible He had James, John’s brother, killed with a sword. Catholic Public Domain Version Then he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. |
King Ahab told Jezebel all the things that Elijah did. Ahab told her how Elijah had killed all the prophets with a sword.
Elijah answered, “Lord God All-Powerful, I have always served you the best I can. But the people of Israel have broken their agreement with you. They destroyed your altars. They killed your prophets. I am the only prophet that is still living. And now they are trying to kill me!”
Those men brought Uriah from Egypt. Then those men took Uriah to King Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim ordered Uriah to be killed with a sword. Uriah’s body was thrown into the burial place where poor people are buried.
Jesus said to them, “Truly you will suffer the same things that I will suffer. But I cannot choose the person that will sit at my right side or my left side. My Father has decided who will have those places. He has prepared those places for those people. Those places belong to them.”
Then James and John, sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. They said, “Teacher, we want to ask you to do something for us.”
Jesus said, “You don’t understand what you are asking. Can you accept the kind of suffering that I must have {\cf2\super [133]} ? Can you be baptized with the same kind of baptism {\cf2\super [134]} that I must have?”
During that same time King Herod {\cf2\super [233]} began to persecute {\cf2\super [234]} some of the people that belonged to the church (group of believers).
They were killed with stones and they were cut in half. They were killed with swords. The only clothes some of these people had were sheep skins or goat skins. They were poor, persecuted, {\cf2\super [158]} and treated badly by other people.