Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword:

New American Standard Bible

And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

and he killed James, John’s brother, with the sword.

International Standard Version

He even had James, the brother of John, killed with a sword.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword;

An Understandable Version

He had James, the brother of John, killed with the sword.

Anderson New Testament

And he slew with the sword James the brother of John.

Bible in Basic English

And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.

Common New Testament

He had James the brother of John put to death with the sword.

Daniel Mace New Testament

he caus'd James the brother of John to be beheaded.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

And he slew James the brother of John with a sword.

Goodspeed New Testament

He had John's brother, James, beheaded,

John Wesley New Testament

And he slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

So he executed James the brother of John with a sword.

Modern King James verseion

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

Moffatt New Testament

James the brother of John he slew with the sword,

Montgomery New Testament

and beheaded James, the brother of John, with the sword.

NET Bible

He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.

New Heart English Bible

He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Noyes New Testament

And he slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

And slew James the brother of John with a sword;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And he slew James the brother of John with a sword.

Twentieth Century New Testament

He had James, the brother of John, beheaded;

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

and James, John's brother, he beheaded.

Williams New Testament

He had James the brother of John murdered with a sword,

World English Bible

He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Worrell New Testament

And he slew James, the brother of John, with the sword;

Worsley New Testament

And he cut off James, the brother of John, with the sword.

Youngs Literal Translation

and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

he killed
ἀναιρέω 
Anaireo 
kill, slay, put to death, take up, do, take away
Usage: 23

Ἰάκωβος 
Iakobos 
Usage: 41

the brother
G80
ἀδελφός 
Adelphos 
Usage: 302

of John
Ἰωάννης 
Ioannes 
John , John , John , John
Usage: 116

Context Readings

Herod Kills James And Imprisons Peter

1 In that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the congregation. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword: 3 and because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further, and took Peter also. Then were the days of sweetbread.


Cross References

Matthew 20:23

And he said unto them, "Ye shall drink of my cup, and shall be baptised with the baptism that I shall be baptised with. But to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give you: but to them for whom it is prepared of my father."

Hebrews 11:37

were stoned, were hewn asunder, were tempted, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheep skins, in goat skins, in need, tribulation, and vexation,

1 Kings 19:1

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and altogether how he had slain the Prophets with the sword.

1 Kings 19:10

And he answered, "I have been thorough angry for the LORD God of Hosts' sake. For the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and have broken down thine altars and slain the Prophets with the sword, and I only am left, and they seek my soul to have it too."

Jeremiah 26:23

Which fetched Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him unto king Jehoiakim that slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the common people's grave.

Matthew 4:21-22

And he went forth from thence, and saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and called them.

Mark 10:35

And then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came unto him, saying, "Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we desire."

Mark 10:38

But Jesus said unto them, "Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink of the cup, that I shall drink of? And be baptised in the baptism that I shall be baptised in?"

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