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Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
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Verse 1. Herod. Agrippa, made king by the emperor Caius. See Jos. vi. 18. Antiq. c. viii. and l. xix. chapter 5. put to death James the great, brother to John. Witham.—This man was the same as Agrippa, by which name he is most commonly known. He was brother to the famous Herodias, who was the cause of Saint John the Baptist’s decollation, (Calmet) and son-in-law of Herod the Great, by his father Aristobulus. V.
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