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Acts 12:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible

2 And he [a]killed James the brother of John with the sword.

3 [b]And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further, to take Peter also (then were the days of unleavened bread.)

4 [c]And when he had caught him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to be kept, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

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  1. Acts 12:2 Violently, his cause being not once heard.
  2. Acts 12:3 It is an old fashion of tyrants to procure the favor of the wicked, with the blood of the godly.
  3. Acts 12:4 The tyrants and wicked make a gallows for themselves, even then when they do most according to their own will and fantasy.
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