Acts 12:2

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Original Language Text
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ἀνεῖλεν δὲ Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰωάννου μαχαίρῃ.
English Translation
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
American Standard Version
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And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

Bible in Basic English
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And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.

Darby Translation
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and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

English Revised Version
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And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

Free Bible Version
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When he saw that the Jews were pleased by this, he had Peter arrested too. (This was during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.)

GOD'S WORD Translation
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He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Geneva Bible
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And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword.

King James Version
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And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

Literal Standard Version
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and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,

New King James Version
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And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

New Living Translation
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He had the apostle James (John’s brother) killed with a sword.

Noah Webster Bible
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And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

World English Bible
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He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

World English Bible, British Edition
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He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

World Messianic Bible
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He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Young's Literal Translation
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and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,