Acts 5:19
But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,
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- Acts 8:26 : 26 But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, through the waste land.
- Acts 16:26 : 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.
- Acts 27:23 : 23 For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,
- Ps 105:17-20 : 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price: 18 His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in iron bands; 19 Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord. 20 The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free.
- 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;
- Isa 61:1 : 1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
- Matt 1:20 : 20 But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 1:11 : 11 And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.
- Acts 12:7-9 : 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. 10 And 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. 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.
- Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.
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18And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.
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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.
8Then 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.
9And 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.
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.
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20Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.
21And 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.
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.
24Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.
25And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.
26Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.
27And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,
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14And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.
15And 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.
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.
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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.
27And 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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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.
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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.
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3And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.
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40And 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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12And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:
13And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;
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27And 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.
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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?
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21And 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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12Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.
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29But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
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14But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.
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23And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.
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14He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.
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15Now the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, saying,
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9And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
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3And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
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19By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those
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8Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,