Acts 16:27

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The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped.

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  • Acts 12:19 : 19 After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
  • Acts 16:23-24 : 23 After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely. 24 Upon receiving this order, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
  • Judg 9:54 : 54 Hastily, he called to his young armor-bearer and said, "Draw your sword and kill me, so they cannot say, 'A woman killed him.'" So his servant ran him through, and he died.
  • 1 Sam 31:4-5 : 4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, 'Draw your sword and pierce me with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and abuse me.' But his armor-bearer was too afraid and refused. So Saul took his sword and fell on it. 5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, set out for his house in his hometown, set his house in order, and then hanged himself. He died and was buried in his father's tomb.
  • 1 Kgs 16:18 : 18 When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the citadel of the royal palace, set it on fire around him, and died.
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 Then, throwing the silver pieces into the temple, he left. He went and hanged himself.

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  • Acts 16:23-26
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    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 16:28-30
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    28But Paul called out in a loud voice, 'Don't harm yourself, for we are all here!'

    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 5:22-23
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    22But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

    23'We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.'

  • Acts 16:35-40
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    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 12:5-7
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    5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church fervently prayed to God for him.

    6The night before Herod was to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards stood watch in front of the door of the prison.

    7Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side to wake him, the angel said, 'Get up quickly.' Immediately, the chains fell off Peter's hands.

  • Acts 5:19
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    19But during the night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison and brought them out.

  • Acts 27:42-43
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    42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.

    43But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

  • Acts 28:16
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    16When we came to Rome, the centurion handed over the prisoners to the commander of the guard, but Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

  • Acts 21:30-33
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    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.

    31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in uproar.

    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.

    33The commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and asked who he was and what he had done.

  • Acts 12:16-18
    3 verses
    69%

    16Peter, however, kept knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.

    17Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, 'Report these things to James and the brothers.' Then he left and went to another place.

    18When day came, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

  • Acts 12:10-11
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    10After they passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. They went out and walked one street, and immediately the angel left him.

    11When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'

  • Acts 16:19
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    19When 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.

  • Acts 27:30
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    30The sailors tried to escape from the ship, lowering the lifeboat into the sea under the pretense of laying out anchors from the bow.

  • Matt 28:4
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    4The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    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.

    11The following night the Lord stood by Paul and said, 'Take courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.'

  • Gen 39:22-23
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    22The warden put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners, and he was responsible for whatever happened there.

    23The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with him and gave him success in whatever he did.

  • Acts 17:9
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    9After receiving a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    30The king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up and left.

    31As they were leaving, they began to discuss among themselves, saying, 'This man has done nothing deserving death or imprisonment.'

  • Acts 22:29
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    29Immediately, those who were about to interrogate him stepped away. The commander was also afraid, realizing that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.

  • Acts 27:32
    67%

    32So the soldiers cut the ropes holding the lifeboat and let it drift away.

  • Acts 28:18
    67%

    18They examined me and wanted to release me because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

  • Acts 9:24
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    24But Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

  • Judg 16:20
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    20Then she called, 'Samson, the Philistines are upon you!' He awoke from his sleep and thought, 'I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.' But he did not know that the LORD had left him.

  • Acts 18:9
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    9One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, 'Do not be afraid, but keep on speaking and do not be silent.'

  • Acts 22:26
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    26When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it, saying, 'What are you about to do? This man is a Roman citizen.'

  • Gen 39:20
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    20So Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison where the king's prisoners were held, and he remained there.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.