Acts 16:38

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

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  • Acts 22:29 : 29 Immediately, 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.
  • Matt 14:5 : 5 Though Herod wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd because they considered John to be a prophet.
  • Matt 21:46 : 46 Although they were looking for a way to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.

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  • Acts 16:35-37
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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!'

  • Acts 16:39
    81%

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

  • Acts 16:19-24
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    79%

    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.'

    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.

  • Acts 22:29-30
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    77%

    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 21:31-34
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    76%

    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.

    34Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another. Because the commander could not get at the truth due to the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.

  • Acts 22:23-27
    5 verses
    75%

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

    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.

    25As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing there, 'Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t been condemned?'

    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.'

    27The commander came and asked him, 'Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?' Paul said, 'Yes.'

  • Acts 23:10
    75%

    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 5:26-27
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    75%

    26At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles, but without force, because they feared the people might stone them.

    27Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

  • Acts 17:8-9
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    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 16:29-30
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    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 19:40
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    40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting over today’s events, since there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion." Having said this, he dismissed the assembly.

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

  • Acts 28:16-18
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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.

    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 24:7
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    7But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.

  • Acts 14:6
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    6Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia—Lystra and Derbe—and the surrounding region.

  • Acts 17:6
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    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 18:16
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    16And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

  • Jer 36:16
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    16When they heard all the words, they turned to each other in fear and said to Baruch, "We must report all these words to the king."

  • Acts 4:21
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    21After further threats, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because of the people, since they were all glorifying God for what had happened.

  • Acts 23:31
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    31So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

  • Matt 28:14
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    14'If this is reported to the governor, we will persuade him and keep you out of trouble.'

  • Acts 25:15
    69%

    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, requesting a judgment against him.

  • Acts 23:19
    69%

    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 23:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. I came with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman citizen.

    28Wanting to know the exact charge they were bringing against him, I brought him down to their council.

  • Acts 26:30
    69%

    30The king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up and left.

  • 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 19:28
    69%

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

  • Acts 14:18
    69%

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

  • Matt 28:11
    69%

    11While they were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.