Acts 16:36

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

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  • Acts 15:33 : 33 After spending some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.
  • Acts 16:27 : 27 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.
  • Exod 4:18 : 18 Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, 'Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt to see if they are still alive.' And Jethro said to Moses, 'Go in peace.'
  • Judg 18:6 : 6 The priest replied to them, 'Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.'
  • 1 Sam 1:17 : 17 Then Eli answered, 'Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of Him.'
  • 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 Jonathan said to David, 'Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying,
  • 1 Sam 25:35 : 35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought to him and said, 'Go home in peace. See, I have listened to your words and granted your request.'
  • 1 Sam 29:7 : 7 Now turn back and go in peace, so you don’t displease the Philistine rulers.
  • 2 Kgs 5:19 : 19 'Go in peace,' Elisha said. So Naaman departed and traveled some distance.
  • Mark 5:34 : 34 Then He said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free from your suffering.'
  • John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your heart be troubled, and do not let it be afraid.

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  • Acts 16:35
    90%

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

  • Acts 16:37-40
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    81%

    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 16:22-28
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    76%

    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.

    27The 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.

    28But Paul called out in a loud voice, 'Don't harm yourself, for we are all here!'

  • Acts 17:9
    76%

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

  • Acts 15:33
    74%

    33After spending some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

  • Acts 28:16-18
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    74%

    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.

    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.'

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

  • Acts 24:23
    72%

    23He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and not to prevent his friends from attending to his needs.

  • Acts 21:31-32
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    72%

    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.

  • Acts 12:17
    72%

    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.

  • Acts 22:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    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 16:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

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

  • Acts 16:30
    71%

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

  • Acts 5:19
    71%

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

  • Acts 23:22
    70%

    22So the commander dismissed the young man and ordered him, 'Don’t tell anyone that you have informed me about this.'

  • Acts 23:30-32
    3 verses
    70%

    30When I was informed of a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately and also instructed his accusers to state their case against him before you. Farewell.

    31So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

    32The next day, they allowed the horsemen to proceed with him, while they returned to the barracks.

  • Acts 5:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    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 23:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18So the centurion took him, led him to the commander, and said, 'The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.'

    19The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked him privately, 'What is it you have to tell me?'

  • Acts 22:26
    70%

    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.'

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    69%

    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 23:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    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.'

  • Mark 11:6
    69%

    6They answered them just as Jesus had commanded, and they let them go.

  • Acts 18:9
    69%

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

  • Acts 27:3
    69%

    3The next day we landed at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to visit his friends so they could provide for his needs.

  • Acts 15:36
    69%

    36After some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."

  • Acts 21:36-37
    2 verses
    68%

    36The crowd that followed kept shouting, 'Take him away!'

    37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, 'May I say something to you?' The commander replied, 'Do you speak Greek?'

  • Acts 12:10
    68%

    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.

  • Acts 22:24
    68%

    24the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks and directed that he be interrogated under flogging to understand the reason they were shouting against him like this.

  • Acts 27:24
    68%

    24saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar. And God has graciously given you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'

  • Judg 18:6
    68%

    6The priest replied to them, 'Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.'