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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Acts 12:1 Catholic Bible: About this time King Herod began to persecute some members of the church. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/acts/12-1.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/acts/12-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/acts/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/acts/1.htm">Acts</a> > <a href="/gntd/acts/12.htm">Chapter 12</a> > Verse 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/11-30.htm" title="Acts 11:30">◄</a> Acts 12:1 <a href="../acts/12-2.htm" title="Acts 12:2">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/acts/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/acts/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />About this time King Herod began to persecute some members of the church. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/acts/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />At that time King Herod caused terrible suffering for some members of the church. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />About that time King Herod laid hands upon some members of the church to harm them.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/acts/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church.</p><p class="hdg">Cir.</p><p class="hdg2">4048</p><p class="hdg2">A.D.44 <br>stretched forth his hands. or, began.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/4-30.htm">Acts 4:30</a> By stretching forth thy hand to cures and signs and wonders, to be done by the name of thy holy Son, Jesus.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/9-31.htm">Acts 9:31</a> Now, the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria: and was edified, walking in the fear of the Lord: and was filled with the consolation of the Holy Ghost.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/22-53.htm">Luke 22:53</a> When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me: but this is your hour and the power of darkness.</p><p class="hdg">to vex.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/10-17.htm">Matthew 10:17,18</a> But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/24-9.htm">Matthew 24:9</a> Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/15-20.htm">John 15:20</a> Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/16-2.htm">John 16:2</a> They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth a service to God.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/acts/12.htm">James Killed, Peter Imprisoned</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl">And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church.</span> <span class="reftext">2</span>And he killed James, the brother of John, With the sword.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/125-3.htm">Psalm 125:3</a></span><br />For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/14-1.htm">Matthew 14:1</a></span><br />At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/14-3.htm">Matthew 14:3</a></span><br />For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/14-6.htm">Matthew 14:6</a></span><br />But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../acts/11-30.htm">Acts 11:30</a></span><br />Which also they did, sending it to the ancients, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../acts/12-2.htm">Acts 12:2</a></span><br />And he killed James, the brother of John, With the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div 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