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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)
• The king was in no way a violent arbitrary monarch, like his grandfather, Herod the Great; but as he sought to ingratiate himself with the Romans, so did this grandson of his with the Jews. And those who seemed to be pillars in the church afforded the readiest means and objects to gratify Jewish spite. (“Acts 12” by W. Kelly)

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.