Acts 16:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Acts 12:19 : 19 And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.
  • Acts 16:23-24 : 23 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: 24 And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
  • Judg 9:54 : 54 Then quickly crying out to his body-servant, he said to him, Take out your sword and put an end to me straight away, so that men may not say of me, His death was the work of a woman. So the young man put his sword through him, causing his death.
  • 1 Sam 31:4-5 : 4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself. 5 And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
  • 1 Kgs 16:18 : 18 And when Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the inner room of the king's house, and burning the house over his head, came to his end,
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

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  • Acts 16:23-26
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    23And 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:

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

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

    26And 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.

  • Acts 16:28-30
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    28But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

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

    30And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?

  • Acts 5:22-23
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    22But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,

    23Saying, 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 16:35-40
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    35But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

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

    37But 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.

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

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

    40And 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.

  • Acts 12:5-7
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    5So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

    6And 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.

    7And 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.

  • Acts 5:19
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    19But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

  • Acts 27:42-43
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    42Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.

    43But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

  • Acts 28:16
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    16And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

  • Acts 21:30-33
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    30And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.

    31And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

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

    33Then 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.

  • Acts 12:16-18
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    16But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

    17But 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.

    18Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.

  • Acts 12:10-11
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    10And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

    11And 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.

  • Acts 16:19
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    19But 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;

  • Acts 27:30
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    30Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;

  • Matt 28:4
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    4And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men.

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    10And 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.

    11And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

  • Gen 39:22-23
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    22And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.

    23And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.

  • Acts 17:9
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    9And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    30And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

    31And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

  • Acts 22:29
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    29Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

  • Acts 27:32
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    32Then the armed men, cutting the cords of the boat, let her go.

  • Acts 28:18
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    18Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

  • Acts 9:24
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    24But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

  • Judg 16:20
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    20Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him.

  • Acts 18:9
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    9And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

  • Acts 22:26
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    26And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

  • Gen 39:20
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    20And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.