 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...him, and brought him to the council, and set up false witnesses. — Acts vi. 9 — 13. Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church,...the sword : and because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to take Peter, and put him in prison, &c. — Acts xii. 1 — 4. They caught Paul and... | |
 | 1828 - 568 pages
...Agrippa. The fact is thus mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. ' Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church ; and he killed James, the brother of Jobn, with the sword.' xii. 1,2. He is termed the Apostolic Protomartyr, the first of the little band,... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1828 - 162 pages
...the eleven apostles ; and then it is to hear of his death. ' Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church ; and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.' Though not the first christian martyr, he was the first of the apostles who suffered martyrdom ; the... | |
 | Church of England - 1829 - 668 pages
...; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts xii. 1. ABOUT that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church....the sword. And, because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had... | |
 | 1829 - 442 pages
...did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Humabas and Saul. Now about that time, Hemd Ute king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James die brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1830 - 482 pages
...through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Hie Epislle. Acts, xii. 1. A BOUT that time, Herod the •^ king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church....the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peler also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when ne had... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1830 - 510 pages
...farther of this apostle till the few words of the text which relate his martyrdom. " Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church,...killed James the brother of John with the sword." No character of him is given,—not a saying of his is recorded,—he left not a word behind him in... | |
 | Archibald Alexander - 1832 - 372 pages
...inoffensive Christians, of which Luke gives the following account. " Now about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to vex certain of the church...the sword, and because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded farther to take Peter also." (Acts xii. 1. 2, 3.) But we have seen, that this prince was... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. John xii. 22. James tlie son of Zebedee.] See chap. iv. 21. Herod the king n the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have...them ; because greater is he that is in you than Ac. xii. 1,2. After that (Christ's being seen office hundred) he was seen of James, then of all the... | |
 | Samuel Wood (B.A.) - 1832 - 244 pages
...BY HEROD. (Acts xii. 1—19.) Now about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hand to harass certain of the church ; and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. And when he had apprehended... | |
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Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 
