Acts 16:19

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When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

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  • Acts 21:30 : 30 The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
  • Acts 16:16 : 16 As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a servant girl who had a spirit of divination. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.
  • Acts 17:6 : 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city rulers, shouting, 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here too.'
  • Acts 18:12-13 : 12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat. 13 They said, 'This man persuades people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law.'
  • Acts 19:24-27 : 24 A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen. 25 He gathered them together, along with others who worked in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that we gain a good income from this business. 26 You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods. 27 Not only is there a danger that our trade might fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis might be discredited, and her magnificence, whom all of Asia and the world worship, might be destroyed.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake."
  • Acts 14:5 : 5 When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.
  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
  • Acts 15:26 : 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 6:5 : 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger;
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
  • Matt 10:16-18 : 16 Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves. 17 But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to councils and will flog you in their synagogues. 18 You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 'Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.'
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 'You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in synagogues. On account of Me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.'

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  • Acts 16:20-26
    7 verses
    81%

    20They brought them before the magistrates and said, 'These men are Jews, and they are causing an uproar in our city.'

    21'They are advocating customs that are not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice.'

    22The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.

    23After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

    24Upon receiving this order, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

    25Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

    26Suddenly, there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once, all the doors flew open, and everyone's chains were loosened.

  • Acts 16:15-18
    4 verses
    80%

    15After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, 'If you consider me faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my house.' And she persuaded us.

    16As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a servant girl who had a spirit of divination. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.

    17She followed Paul and us, shouting, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!'

    18She kept doing this for many days. Finally, Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, 'I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.' And it came out that very moment.

  • Acts 16:35-40
    6 verses
    77%

    35When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: 'Release those men.'

    36The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, 'The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.'

    37But Paul said to them, 'They have publicly beaten us without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. Now they want to release us secretly? Certainly not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!'

    38The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid.

    39So they came to appease them, escorted them out of the prison, and requested them to leave the city.

    40After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house. There they met with the brothers and sisters, encouraged them, and then left.

  • Acts 16:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29The jailer asked for lights, rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas.

    30Then he brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'

  • Acts 17:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8They stirred up the crowd and the city rulers as they heard these things.

    9After receiving a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.

  • Acts 21:29-30
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    72%

    29They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

    30The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

  • Acts 19:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    29The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

  • Acts 17:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of devout Greeks and a considerable number of prominent women.

    5But the Jews, becoming jealous, gathered some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and caused an uproar in the city. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the assembly.

    6When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city rulers, shouting, 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here too.'

  • Acts 19:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25He gathered them together, along with others who worked in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that we gain a good income from this business.

    26You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods.

  • Acts 21:32
    72%

    32At once, he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

  • Acts 19:16
    71%

    16Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded.

  • Acts 23:10
    70%

    10When the dissension became violent, the commander, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the troops to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 6:12
    70%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Acts 13:50
    70%

    50But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.

  • Acts 14:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

    19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

  • Acts 18:12
    69%

    12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat.

  • Acts 19:37
    69%

    37For you have brought these men here, who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess.

  • Acts 24:7
    69%

    7But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.

  • Acts 18:16
    69%

    16And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

  • Acts 19:13
    69%

    13Some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those possessed by evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches."

  • Acts 16:13
    69%

    13On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.

  • Acts 14:14
    69%

    14But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

  • Acts 21:27
    69%

    27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

  • Acts 22:23
    69%

    23As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and flinging dust into the air,

  • Acts 28:17
    69%

    17After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

  • Acts 22:30
    69%

    30The next day, wanting to know for certain why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

  • Acts 14:6
    68%

    6Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia—Lystra and Derbe—and the surrounding region.

  • Acts 14:11
    68%

    11When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices in the Lycaonian language, saying, 'The gods have come down to us in human form!'