Acts 12:1
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth hands to vex certain of the church.
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Context
1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth hands to vex certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)