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The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the GreekThe Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke
The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the Greek by William Tyndale, and finished in the year of our Lord God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the month of November.The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.
Antwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534Anwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534
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¶ The .xii. Chapter. ▪
IN that time Herod the king stretched1 for the his hands to vex certain §Aof the congregation. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword: and because he saw that it pleased y• Jews / ⟨p. Clxxv⟩he proceeded further / & toke Peter also. Then2 were the days of sweet breed. And when he had caught him / he put him in prison / and delivered him to .iiii. *quaternions of soldiers to be kept / intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Then was Peter kept in prison. But prayer was made with out ceasing of the congregation unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him out unto the people / the same night slept Peter between two soldiers / bound with two chains / and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
IN that tyme Herode the kynge stretched1 for the his handes to vexe certayne §Aof the congregacion. And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the swerde: and because he sawe that it pleased y• Iewes / ⟨p. Clxxv⟩he proceded forther / & toke Peter also. Then2