Acts 21:38

American Standard Version (1901)

Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?

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  • Matt 24:26 : 26 If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe [it] not.
  • Acts 5:36-37 : 36 For before these days rose up Theudas, giving himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nought. 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enrolment, and drew away [some of the] people after him: he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.
  • 1 Cor 4:13 : 13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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  • Acts 21:36-37
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    36for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.

    37And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

  • Acts 21:27-34
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    27And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

    28crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.

    29For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

    30And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut.

    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.

    33Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

    34And some shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd: and when he could not know the certainty for the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the castle.

  • Acts 23:18-23
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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.

    19And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that thou hast to tell me?

    20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.

    21Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

    22So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.

    23And he called unto him two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night:

  • Acts 7:27-28
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    27But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

    28Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

  • Acts 23:15
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    15Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.

  • Luke 23:19
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    19one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.

  • Acts 21:39
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    39But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.

  • Acts 23:9-10
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    9And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?

    10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

  • Acts 5:36
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    36For before these days rose up Theudas, giving himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nought.

  • Acts 28:17-18
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    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.

  • Acts 23:13
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    13And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.

  • Acts 24:5-7
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    5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

    6who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold:

    7(Ommitted)

  • Acts 23:30
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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.

  • Acts 25:24
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    24And Festus saith, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

  • Mark 15:7
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    7And there was one called Barabbas, [lying] bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

  • Acts 28:4
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    4And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.

  • Acts 9:21
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    21And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havoc of them that called on this name? and he had come hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests.

  • Acts 23:27
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    27This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed [me], asking for sentence against him.

  • Acts 22:24-25
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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.

    25And when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

  • Acts 21:21
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    21and they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause [for it] : and as touching it we shall not be able to give account of this concourse.

  • Acts 22:27
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    27And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.

  • Acts 22:22
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    22And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

  • Acts 25:11
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    11If then I am a wrong-doer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if none of those things is [true] whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

  • Acts 27:1
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    1And when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

  • Acts 22:4
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    4and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

  • Acts 26:31
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    31and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

  • 2 Cor 11:32
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    32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:

  • Acts 25:19
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    19but had certain questions against him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.