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Acts 12:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Acts 12:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Herod Causes Trouble for the Church
12 At that time King Herod[a] caused terrible suffering for some members of the church. 2 He ordered soldiers to cut off the head of James, the brother of John. 3 (A) When Herod saw that this pleased the Jewish people, he had Peter arrested during the Festival of Thin Bread.
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- 12.1 Herod: Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the Great.
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