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- Acts 12:5-7 : 5 Peter therefore {G3303} was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him. 6 And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison. 7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, {G1453} saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
- Acts 16:23-27 : 23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 24 who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. 25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and 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. 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.
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- Acts 5:19-2911 verses83%
19But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,
20Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.
21And when they heard [this], they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought.
22But the officers that came {G1161} found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,
23saying, The prison-house we {G3303} found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing {G1854} at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
24Now when the captain of the temple {G5037} and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto {G302} this would grow.
25And there came one and told them, {G3754} Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.
26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, [but] without {G3756} violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
28saying, {G3756} We strictly charged you {G1321} not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
29But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
- Acts 16:22-243 verses77%
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.
- Acts 5:40-412 verses75%
- Acts 12:4-74 verses75%
4And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.
5Peter therefore {G3303} was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.
6And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.
7And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, {G1453} saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
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