Acts 12:2 (WEB)
He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
Fathers and councils · 7
Eusebius of Caesarea
“But there were two Jameses: one called the Just, who was thrown from the pinnacle of the temple and was beaten to death with a club by a fuller, and another who was beheaded.”” — editor's note: James, the son of Zebedee, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa I., 44 a.d. See Acts xii. 2, and Bk. II. chap. 9 below.
Read the whole comment““Now about that time” (it is clear that he means the time of Claudius) “Herod the King stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church.” — editor's note: Acts xii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“First Stephen was stoned to death by them, and after him James, the son of Zebedee and the brother of John, was beheaded, and finally James, the first that had obtained the episcopal seat in Jerusalem after the ascension of our Saviour, died in the manner already described.” — editor's note: See Acts xii. 2
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Orth.—And when we read in the Acts how Herod slew James the brother of John with a sword, we are not likely to hold that his soul died.” — editor's note: Acts xii. 2
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
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“…and John, did drink the cup of martyrdom, seeing Scripture relates that James only was beheaded by Herod, while John ended his life by a peaceful death. [Acts 12:2] But when we read in ecclesiastical history that John himself was thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil with intent to martyr him, and that he was…” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“That Peter is struck, that Stephen is overwhelmed by stones, that James is slain as is a victim at the altar, that Paul is beheaded has been written in their own blood.” — editor's note: James the brother of our Lord, not the James mentioned Acts xii. 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But some one may say that, as James was not crucified, it was properly enough said to Peter, “Follow me,” inasmuch as he underwent not only death, but, like Christ, even the death of the cross.” — editor's note: Acts xii. 2.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 15.
Cited together in Church History III.5.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 15.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 15.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 20:20–23 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 20:20–23 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 20:20–23 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Church History III.5.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 15.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 15.
Cited together in Church History III.5.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 15.