 | 1804 - 438 pagini
...elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. CHAP. XII. Herod persecutcth the Christians. NOW about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his 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,... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pagini
...it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. CHAP. XII. HEROD KILLETH JAMES. NOW, about that time, Herod the king, stretched forth his 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... | |
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pagini
...of everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Far the Epistle. Acts xii. 1. ABOUT that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 456 pagini
...JAMES, IMPRISoNS PETER, • WHo IS DELIVERED BY AN ANGEL. ; . From Acts, Chap. xii. r Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth' his hands to vex certain of the church. • And he killed James the brother of John with the sword ; And because he saw it pleased the Jews,... | |
 | William Paley - 1810 - 436 pagini
...of Galilee, her husband's brother by the father's side." IV. [p. 29.] Acts xii. 1. " Now, about that time, Herod the King stretched forth his hands, to vex certain of the church." In the conclusion of the same chapter, Herod's death is represented to have taken place soon after... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - 1810 - 544 pagini
...or by the command of another, is done by the person himself. Thus (Acts xii. 1,2.) you read that " Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword ;" — killed him, not himself, but by the hands... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 416 pagini
...Galilee, her husband's brother by the father's side." IV. [-p. 2$.] Acts xii. 1. " Now, about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to vex certain of the Church." we recollect how common it was in those times, for the same person to bear two names. :" Simon, which... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pagini
...send -relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea. ' LESSON XCII. Acts, Chap. 12. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he... | |
 | Church of England - 1815 - 450 pagini
...everlast170 ing glory ; thro' Jesus Christ our Lord". Amen. For the Epistle. Acts xii. 1. ABOUT that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he... | |
 | Richard Stack - 1815 - 328 pagini
...authority to prove the prediction fulfilled. In the twelfth chapter of the Acts we have an account, how " Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church."—This was Herod, called also Agrippa, grandson of Herod the Great. And from the title of... | |
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Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 
