Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to persecute certain of the church.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Like a wild beast, he attacked all indiscriminately and without consideration. This is what Christ said: My cup indeed you shall drink, and with the baptism wherewith I am baptized, shall you be baptized. Mark 10:39 (b) And he killed James the brother of John.
