Acts 5:19

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

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  • Acts 8:26 : 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' (This is a desert road.)
  • Acts 16:26 : 26 Suddenly, 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 27:23 : 23 Last night, an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
  • Ps 105:17-20 : 17 He sent a man ahead of them—Joseph, who was sold as a slave. 18 They afflicted his feet with shackles; his soul was laid in iron chains. 19 Until the time his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him. 20 The king sent and released him; the ruler of the nations set him free.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners.
  • Matt 1:20 : 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.'
  • Luke 1:11 : 11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.
  • Acts 12:7-9 : 7 Suddenly, 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. 8 The angel said to him, 'Get dressed and put on your sandals.' Peter did so. Then the angel said, 'Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.' 9 Peter followed him out, but he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 After 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. 11 When 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.'
  • Ps 34:7 : 7 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him from all his troubles.

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  • Acts 5:18
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    18They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

  • Acts 12:5-11
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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.

    8The angel said to him, 'Get dressed and put on your sandals.' Peter did so. Then the angel said, 'Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.'

    9Peter followed him out, but he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.

    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 5:20-27
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    20The angel said, 'Go, stand in the temple courts, and tell the people all about this new life.'

    21At daybreak, they entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

    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.'

    24When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this, they wondered what this might lead to.

    25Then someone came and said, 'Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.'

    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 12:14-18
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    14Recognizing Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she did not open the gate but ran inside to announce that Peter was standing at the gate.

    15They said to her, 'You are out of your mind.' But she kept insisting that it was so. Then they said, 'It must be his angel.'

    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 16:23-27
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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.

    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.

  • 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 16:39-40
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    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 4:3
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    3So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

  • Acts 5:40
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    40They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

  • Acts 11:12-13
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    12The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.

    13He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send men to Joppa and bring back Simon, who is called Peter.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • 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 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 5:12
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    12Through the hands of the apostles, many signs and wonders were being performed among the people. And they were all gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade with one accord.

  • Acts 5:29
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    29But Peter and the apostles replied, 'We must obey God rather than men.'

  • Acts 2:14
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    14Then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: 'Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.'

  • Acts 4:23
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    23After they were released, they returned to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

  • Ps 107:14
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    14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their chains apart.

  • Jer 39:15
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    15While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him saying,

  • Acts 23:9
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    9A loud outcry arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and argued vehemently, saying, 'We find nothing wrong with this man! What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?'

  • Col 4:3
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    3At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

  • 1 Pet 3:19
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    19In that Spirit, He also went and preached to the spirits in prison.

  • Acts 4:8
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,'