Acts 12:2

Herod Kills James And Imprisons Peter

¹ Now about that time, Herod the king stretched out his hands to oppress some of the church. ² He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. ³ When he saw that it pleased the Jewish people, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.

Put to Death

With The Sword

James

John

Matthew 20:23

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned. They were sawed apart. They were killed with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, mistreated

1 Kings 19:1

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

1 Kings 19:10

He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."

Jeremiah 26:23

and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people."

Matthew 4:21-22

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.

Mark 10:35

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."

Mark 10:38

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"