Acts 18:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 76:10 : 10 The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...
  • Rom 13:3-4 : 3 For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise; 4 For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.
  • Rev 12:16 : 16 And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.

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  • 17And 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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    11And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

    12But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

    13Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

    14But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing:

    15But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.

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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;

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

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

    22And 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.

    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:

  • 17So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

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    6Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,

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    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.

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    21And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

    22And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

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

    24The 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.

  • 29And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.

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    8And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

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

  • 57But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,

  • 36For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!

  • 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.

  • 12And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

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

  • 6And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.

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    5And 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,

    6Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

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    40For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together. And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

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  • 33And so Paul went away from among them.

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    6And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

    7And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.

  • 38If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.

  • 30And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

  • 29And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.

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    32And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

    33Then 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:

  • 1Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

  • 15Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

  • 13So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor.

  • 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.

  • 19And 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:

  • 50But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.

  • 18And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

  • 11And 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.