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Acts 12:1
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Acts 12:1
1NOW about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
1¶ Now about that time, Herode the King ‖stretched foorth his hands, to vexe certaine of the Church.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 12:1
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Drawn out in length; extended; exerted to the utmost.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To harass, torment.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Sure, definite, established, or particular though not specifically named, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
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Open the full verse study20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
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Open the full verse study17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
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Open the full verse study2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
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Open the full verse study53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
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Open the full verse study30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
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Open the full verse study31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
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