 | William Gurnall - 1821 - 512 pages
...last? alas! not long, chap. xii. There is sad news of a bloody persecution, verse 1. "About this time Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church;" in which persecution, James the brother of John lost his life by his cruel sword ; and Peter in prison,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 682 pages
...Galilee, wliich were under the jurisdiction of Herod Antipas. 3. Luke relates (Acts xii. 1 — 3.), that Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church, and that he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword, and because he saw that it PLEASED the Jews,... | |
 | Richard Mant - 1828 - 634 pages
...with his new subjects, to whom the Christians were particularly obnoxious, " stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church, and killed James the brother of John with the swordf." Thus fell "James the son of Zebedee," the 6rst of the Apostles who was honoured with the crown... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1828 - 162 pages
...his name is given in the enumeration of the eleven apostles ; and then it is to hear of his death. ' Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church ; and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.' Though not the first christian martyr, he was... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1835 - 272 pages
...his name is given in the. enumeration of the eleven apostles ; and then it is to hear of his death. " Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church ; and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword." This Hetod was Herod Agrippa, the grandson of... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 pages
...Claudius, in the beginning of his reign, had little effect upon them. For St. Luke says, that when " Herod stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church, and killed James with the sword," the satisfaction which they expressed in these cruelties, was an inducement to him... | |
 | William Staunton - 1839 - 486 pages
...ministry out of Judea. His martyrdom occurred at an early date, Herod having " stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church, and killed James the brother of John with the sword." He was the first of the Apostles that suffered martyrdom. JESTJS, lowing at the name of. See BOWING... | |
 | James Wharey - 1840 - 348 pages
...compelled to make their escape, and to flee into distant countries. After this, we are told (Acts xii. 1.) that " Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church." James he killed with the sword, and Peter he imprisoned. And this he did to gain favour with the Jews.... | |
 | Harvey Newcomb - 1842 - 324 pages
...parts of Gallilee, which were under the jurisdiction of Herod Antipas. Luke relates, Acts xii, 1-3, that Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church, and that he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword, and because he saw that it pleased the Jews,... | |
 | 1842 - 494 pages
...Stephen, calling upon God." " There was a great persecirtion against the church which was at Jerusalem." "Herod, the king, stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church. And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword." Pnul was persecuted in all the ways which religious... | |
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ABOUT that time Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 
