Acts 16:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

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  • 1 Sam 23:22-23 : 22 Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit. 23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.
  • Matt 26:48 : 48 Now the false one had given them a sign saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he: take him.
  • Matt 27:63-66 : 63 Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead. 64 Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it as safe as you are able. 66 So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.
  • Acts 5:18 : 18 And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.
  • Acts 5:23 : 23 Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 12:4 : 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.
  • Acts 12:18 : 18 Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.
  • Acts 16:27 : 27 And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.
  • Acts 16:36 : 36 And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.
  • Phlm 1:9 : 9 Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
  • Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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    24 And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

    25 But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

    26 And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

    27 And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

  • Acts 16:19-22
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    19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

    20 And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

    21 Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

    22 And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

  • Acts 16:35-40
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    35 But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

    36 And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace.

    37 But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.

    38 And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

    39 Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

    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.

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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,

  • Acts 4:3
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    3 And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

  • Acts 17:8-9
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    8 And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

    9 And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.

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    23 And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air,

    24 The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.

    25 And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?

  • Acts 5:21-23
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    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,

    23 Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

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    40 And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.

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    32 And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.

    33 Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

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    19 And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

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    10 And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

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    29 And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

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    36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

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    26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.

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    5 And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,

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    3 And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.

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    16 And he sent them away from the judge's seat.

    17 And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.

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    33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

  • 2 Cor 11:24
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    24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.

  • Acts 4:21
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    21 And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.

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    11 And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

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    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.

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    12 Then the band and the chief captain and the police took Jesus and put cords round him.

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    12 But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

  • Jer 37:15
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    15 And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

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    16 And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

  • Matt 27:2
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    2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.