Acts 12:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

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  • Acts 21:40 : 40 And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,
  • Acts 13:16 : 16 And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.
  • Acts 15:13 : 13 And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:
  • Acts 19:33 : 33 Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:
  • Acts 21:18 : 18 And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.
  • Gal 1:19 : 19 But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
  • Gal 2:12 : 12 For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
  • 1 Cor 15:7 : 7 Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.
  • Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.
  • Acts 16:40 : 40 And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.
  • Ps 66:16 : 16 Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.
  • Ps 102:20-21 : 20 Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered; 21 So that they may give out the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
  • Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 22 Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
  • Ps 116:14-15 : 14 I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people. 15 Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
  • Matt 10:23 : 23 But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.
  • Luke 1:22 : 22 And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.
  • John 7:1 : 1 After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.
  • John 8:59 : 59 So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
  • John 10:40 : 40 And he went again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John first gave baptism; and he was there for a time.
  • John 11:54 : 54 So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.
  • John 13:24 : 24 Making a sign to him, Simon Peter said, Who is it he is talking about?

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    14 And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.

    15 And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

    16 But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

  • Acts 12:18-19
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    18 Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.

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  • Acts 12:3-12
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    3 And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.

    4 And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.

    5 So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

    6 And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

    7 And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

    8 Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.

    9 And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision.

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    11 And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.

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    18 And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

    19 But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

    20 Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.

    21 And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

    22 But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,

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    18 And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

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    18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

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  • Acts 5:25
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    21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

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    30 And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

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    27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.