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1 At the same tyme Herode the king stretched foorth his handes to vexe certayne of the Churche. 2 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde. 3 And because he sawe it pleased the Iewes, he proceaded further, and toke Peter also. (Then were the dayes of sweete bread.) 4 And when he had caught hym, he put hym in pryson also, and delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept, intendyng after Easter to bryng hym foorth to the people. 5 And Peter was kept in pryson: But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche, vnto God for hym. Acts 12:1-5, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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