²³ and they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, ^(A)who struck him down with the sword and dumped his dead body into the burial place of the common people.

⁷ And when they have finished their testimony, ^(A)the beast that rises from ^(B)the bottomless pit^{[a] (C)}will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

^15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and ^(B)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and ^(C)oppose all mankind

James Killed and Peter Imprisoned

12 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. ² He killed ^(A)James the brother of John ^(B)with the sword, ³ and when he saw ^(C)that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during ^(D)the days of Unleavened Bread.

^34 (A)Therefore ^(B)I send you ^(C)prophets and wise men and ^(D)scribes, ^(E)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^(F)some you will ^(G)flog in your synagogues and ^(H)persecute from town to town, ³⁵ so that on you may come all ^(I)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^(J)Abel to the blood of ^(K)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,^[a] whom you murdered between ^(L)the sanctuary and ^(M)the altar.

¹⁰ He sent and had John beheaded in the prison,

³⁰ Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: ^(A)He shall have none ^(B)to sit on the throne of David, ^(C)and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night.