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Acts 12

Acts 12:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
he killed
anaireo (Greek #337)
to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder
KJV usage: put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.
Pronounce: an-ahee-reh'-o
Origin: from 303 and (the active of) 138
James
Iakobos (Greek #2385)
Jacobus, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: James.
Pronounce: ee-ak'-o-bos
Origin: the same as 2384 Graecized
c the brother
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
adephos (Greek #80)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1)
KJV usage: brother.
Pronounce: ad-el-fos'
Origin: from 1 (as a connective particle) and δελφύς (the womb)
of John
Ioannes (Greek #2491)
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: John.
Pronounce: ee-o-an'-nace
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03110)
with the sword
machaira (Greek #3162)
a knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment
KJV usage: sword.
Pronounce: makh'-ahee-rah
Origin: probably feminine of a presumed derivative of 3163
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Matt. 4:21• 21{i}And going on thence he saw other two brothers, James the [son] of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their trawl-nets, and he called them;{/i} (Matt. 4:21)
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Matt. 20:23• 23{i}[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.{/i} (Matt. 20:23)

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James, Son of Zebedee,
John the Apostle,
Sword

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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James.
Matt. 4:21‑22• 21{i}And going on thence he saw other two brothers, James the [son] of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their trawl-nets, and he called them;{/i}
 22{i}and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.{/i} (Matt. 4:21‑22)
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Matt. 20:23• 23{i}[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.{/i} (Matt. 20:23)
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Mark 10:35,38• 35{i}And there come to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee,{/i} saying [to him], Teacher, we would that thou shouldst do for us whatsoever we may ask thee.
 38{i}And Jesus said to them,{/i} Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? (Mark 10:35,38)
with.
1 Kings 19:1,10•  (1 Kings 19:1,10)
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Jer. 26:23•  (Jer. 26:23)
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Heb. 11:37• 37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they died by slaughter of sword. They went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (Heb. 11:37)
• (Matt. 20:21-22). The moment had come here for one of the two brothers to drink of the cup. (“Prayed out of Prison” by W.T.P. Wolston)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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And he slew James the brother of John with [the] sword.