Kisah Para Rasul 12:2

12:2 He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword. ¹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 1:9

1:9 After ²  he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

[12:2]  ¹ sn The expression executed with a sword probably refers to a beheading. James was the first known apostolic martyr (Eusebius, Eccl. Hist. 2.9.1-3). On James, not the Lord’s brother, see Luke 5:10; 6:14. This death ended a short period of peace noted in Acts 9:31 after the persecution mentioned in 8:1-3.

[1:9]  ² tn Grk “And after.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.