Acts 16:36

American Standard Version (1901)

And the jailor reported the words to Paul, [saying], The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.

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  • Acts 15:33 : 33 And after they had spent some time [there], they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.
  • Acts 16:27 : 27 And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
  • Exod 4:18 : 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
  • Judg 18:6 : 6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way wherein ye go.
  • 1 Sam 1:17 : 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
  • 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
  • 1 Sam 25:35 : 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
  • 1 Sam 29:7 : 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
  • 2 Kgs 5:19 : 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
  • Mark 5:34 : 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
  • John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

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    35But when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

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    37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.

    38And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;

    39and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

    40And they went out of the prison, and entered into [the house] of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

  • Acts 16:22-28
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    22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

    23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

    24who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

    25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

    26and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

    27And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

    28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

  • Acts 17:9
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    9And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

  • Acts 15:33
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    33And after they had spent some time [there], they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.

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    16And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.

    17And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

    18who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.

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    23And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.

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    31And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

    32And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.

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    17But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him forth out of the prison. And he said, Tell these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went to another place.

  • Acts 22:29-30
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    29They then that were about to examine him straightway departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

    30But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

  • Acts 16:19-20
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    19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

    20and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

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    30and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

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    30And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.

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    22But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,

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    18So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee.

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    30And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

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    6And they said unto them even as Jesus had said: and they let them go.

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    9And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:

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    24the chief captain commanded him be brought into the castle, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so shouted against him.

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    24saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.

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    6And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way wherein ye go.