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Acts 12:4

Acts 12:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

he put: Acts 4:3, Acts 5:18, Acts 8:3; Matthew 24:9; Luke 21:12, Luke 22:33; John 13:36-38, John 21:18

delivered: Acts 16:23-24; Matthew 27:64-66

intending: Acts 4:28; Esther 3:6-7, Esther 3:13; Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 27:1; Lamentations 3:37; Matthew 26:5

Easter: Rather, the Passover, το: strong:G3588, πασχα: strong:G3957.

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