Acts 16:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Ps 99:1 : 1 The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.
  • Isa 60:14 : 14 And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.
  • Dan 6:26 : 26 Then King Darius sent a letter to all the peoples, nations, and languages, living in all the earth: May your peace be increased.
  • Acts 9:5-6 : 5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking: 6 But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
  • Rev 3:9 : 9 See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you.

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

    31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

    32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

    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.

    34 And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.

    35 But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

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    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.

    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.

    28 But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

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    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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    15 And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

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    17 She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

    18 And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

    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;

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    9 This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

    10 Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.

    11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.

  • 6 But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

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    3 And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

    4 And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

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    9 And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.

    10 And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

  • 14 But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

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    16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.

    17 And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.

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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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    6 And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

    7 And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

  • 30 And 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.

  • 18 And straight away it seemed as if a veil was taken from his eyes, and he was able to see; and he got up, and had baptism;

  • 28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

  • 8 And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

  • 11 And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

  • 13 In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.

  • 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.

  • 9 And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

  • 18 So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

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

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

  • 11 Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.