{"reference":"Acts 12:1-3","verses":[{"book_id":"ACT","book_name":"Acts","chapter":12,"verse":1,"text":"Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth\nhis hands to vex certain of the church.\n"},{"book_id":"ACT","book_name":"Acts","chapter":12,"verse":2,"text":"And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.\n"},{"book_id":"ACT","book_name":"Acts","chapter":12,"verse":3,"text":"And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)\n"}],"text":"Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth\nhis hands to vex certain of the church.\nAnd he killed James the brother of John with the sword.\nAnd because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)\n","translation_id":"kjv","translation_name":"King James Version","translation_note":"Public Domain"}