Acts 12:1-3

New Living Translation

James Is Killed and Peter Is Imprisoned

12 About that time King Herod Agrippa^[a] began to persecute some believers in the church. ²He had the apostle James (John’s brother) killed with a sword. ³When Herod saw how much this pleased the Jewish people, he also arrested Peter. (This took place during the Passover celebration.^[b])

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Footnotes

12:1 Greek Herod the king. He was the nephew of Herod Antipas and a grandson of Herod the Great.
12:3 Greek the days of unleavened bread.

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