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OET (OET-RV) and he had Yacob, the brother of Yohan, executed by the sword.
OET-LV And he_killed Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), the brother of_Yōannaʸs, with_a_sword.
SR-GNT Ἀνεῖλεν δὲ Ἰάκωβον, τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰωάννου, μαχαίρῃ. ‡
(Aneilen de Yakōbon, ton adelfon Yōannou, maⱪairaʸ.)
Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
UST He commanded a soldier to cut off the head of the apostle James, the older brother of the apostle John. So the soldier did that.
BSB He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
BLB And he put to death James the brother of John with the sword.
AICNT He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
OEB He had James, the brother of John, beheaded;
WEB He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
WMB He killed Jacob, the brother of Yochanan, with the sword.
NET He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.
LSV and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,
FBV He had James, John's brother, executed by sword.
TCNT He killed James the brother of John with the sword.
T4T He commanded a soldier to cut off the head of the apostle James, the older brother of the apostle John.
LEB So he executed James the brother of John with a sword.
BBE And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth and James, John's brother, he beheaded.
ASV And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
DRA And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
YLT and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,
Drby and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.
RV And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Wbstr And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
KJB-1769 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
(And he killed Yames/Yacob the brother of John with the sword.)
KJB-1611 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword.
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above)
Bshps And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde.
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above)
Gnva And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword.
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above)
Cvdl As for Iames the brother of Ihon, him he slewe with the swerde.
(As for Yames/Yacob the brother of Yohn, him he slew/killed with the sword.)
TNT And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the swerde:
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Wyc And he slowe bi swerd James, the brothir of Joon.
(And he slowe by sword Yames/Yacob, the brothir of Yohn.)
Luth Er tötete aber Jakobus, den Bruder des Johannes, mit dem Schwert.
(He tötete but Yakobus, the brother the Yohannes, with to_him Schwert.)
ClVg Occidit autem Jacobum fratrem Joannis gladio.
(Occidit however Yacobum brother Yoannis gladio.)
UGNT ἀνεῖλεν δὲ Ἰάκωβον, τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰωάννου, μαχαίρῃ.
(aneilen de Yakōbon, ton adelfon Yōannou, maⱪairaʸ.)
SBL-GNT ἀνεῖλεν δὲ Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰωάννου μαχαίρῃ.
(aneilen de Yakōbon ton adelfon Yōannou maⱪairaʸ.)
TC-GNT Ἀνεῖλε δὲ Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν [fn]Ἰωάννου [fn]μαχαίρᾳ.
(Aneile de Yakōbon ton adelfon Yōannou maⱪaira.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
12:1-5 Jesus had clearly predicted persecution and hardship for his followers (Luke 11:49-51). For the first time since Jesus’ death, Roman authorities took direct violent action against the church. James, the brother of John, was one of the first called to be a disciple (Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11), and he was one of the first Christians to be martyred for his faith.
• King Herod Agrippa attacked the church (cp. Acts 12:20-23), a move that he found to be politically helpful with the Jewish people. The letter of James, the brother of Jesus, was probably written after this persecution to the scattered Christians (see 8:1-4; James Book Introduction, “Date of Writing”).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
ἀνεῖλεν & Ἰάκωβον
˱he˲_killed & Jacobus
It was probably not Herod himself who killed James. Rather, he most likely ordered his soldiers to do this. Alternate translation: “he ordered his soldiers to execute James”