Acts 5:22

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But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

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  • Acts 5:18-21
    4 verses
    86%

    18They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

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

    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.

  • Acts 5:23-28
    6 verses
    85%

    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.

    28We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, didn’t we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

  • Acts 4:23
    74%

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

  • Acts 16:35-40
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    74%

    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 12:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

    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.

    19After 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 16:22-23
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    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.

  • Matt 28:11
    73%

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

  • John 7:45
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    45Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, 'Why didn’t you bring Him?'

  • Acts 4:3
    72%

    3So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

  • Acts 4:5
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    5The next day, the rulers, the elders, and the scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.

  • Acts 5:40
    72%

    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 12:5-7
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    72%

    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 4:21
    72%

    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 6:12
    71%

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

  • Acts 4:1
    71%

    1While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them.

  • Luke 2:45
    71%

    45When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

  • Acts 4:15
    71%

    15After ordering them to leave the council, they conferred among themselves.

  • Luke 24:33
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    33They got up at once and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven and those with them, assembled together.

  • Acts 24:12
    70%

    12My accusers did not find me disputing with anyone in the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues, or anywhere in the city.

  • Luke 24:2-3
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    70%

    2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

    3But when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

  • Luke 22:54
    70%

    54Then they seized him, led him away, and brought him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.

  • Acts 28:21
    69%

    21They replied, 'We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor has any of the brothers who came here reported or said anything bad about you.'

  • Acts 4:18
    69%

    18So they called them and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

  • Acts 23:32
    69%

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

  • Acts 12:10
    69%

    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 4:7
    69%

    7They brought them before them and asked, 'By what power or in whose name have you done this?'

  • Acts 17:6
    69%

    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 17:9
    69%

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

  • Luke 22:66
    69%

    66At daybreak, the council of the elders of the people—both the chief priests and the teachers of the law—assembled, and they led Jesus to their council chamber.

  • Acts 5:42
    69%

    42Every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.