Acts 12:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And when he had beckened vnto the with the hande, that they myght holde their peace, he tolde them by what meanes the Lorde had brought hym out of the pryson. And he sayde: Go shewe these thynges vnto Iames and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

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  • Acts 21:40 : 40 And when he had geuen hym licence, Paul stoode on the stayres, & beckened with ye hande vnto the people: And whe there was made a great scilece, he spake vnto them in the Hebrue tongue, saying:
  • Acts 13:16 : 16 Then Paul stoode vp, and beckened with the hande, and sayde: Men of Israel, & ye that feare God, geue audience.
  • Acts 15:13 : 13 And when they helde their peace, Iames aunswered, saying: Men and brethren, hearken vnto me.
  • Acts 19:33 : 33 And they drewe Alexander out of the multitude, the Iewes thrustyng hym forwardes. And Alexander beckened with the hande, and would haue geuen the people an aunswere.
  • Acts 21:18 : 18 And on the morowe, Paule went in with vs vnto Iames, and all the elders came together.
  • Gal 1:19 : 19 But other of the Apostles sawe I none, saue Iames the Lordes brother.
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 When they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me, then Iames, Cephas, and Iohn, which seemed to be pyllers, gaue to me and Barnabas the ryght handes of felowshyppe, that we shoulde be Apostles vnto the Heathen, and they vnto the circumcision.
  • Gal 2:12 : 12 For yer yt certaine came from Iames, he dyd eate with the gentiles: But whe they were come, he withdrue, and seperated himselfe, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
  • 1 Cor 15:7 : 7 After that, he was seene of Iames, then of all the Apostles.
  • Jas 1:1 : 1 Iames a seruaunt of God, and of the lorde Iesus Christ, to ye twelue tribes which are scattred abroade, greetyng.
  • Acts 16:40 : 40 And they went out of the pryson, and entred into the house of Lydia, & when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
  • Ps 66:16 : 16 O come hither, & hearken: and I wil tell all you that feare the Lorde, what he hath done for my soule.
  • Ps 102:20-21 : 20 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie: and delyuer the children of death. 21 That they may declare the name of God in Sion: and his prayse at Hierusalem.
  • Ps 107:21-22 : 21 O that men would confesse vnto God: his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men. 22 And that they would offer vnto him sacrifices of thankes geuing: and set foorth in wordes his workes with a ioyfull noyse.
  • Ps 116:14-15 : 14 I wyll pay my vowes nowe vnto God: in the presence of all his people. 15 The death of his saintes: is precious in the eyes of God.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 God looseth those that be bounde: God geueth syght to the blynde.
  • Matt 10:23 : 23 But, when they persecute you in this citie, flee ye into another. For verily I say vnto you, ye shall not ende all the cities of Israel, tyll the sonne of man be come.
  • Luke 1:22 : 22 And when he came out, he coulde not speake vnto them. And they perceaued that he had seene a vision in the temple: For he beckened vnto them, and remayned speachlesse.
  • John 7:1 : 1 After these thynges, Iesus went about in Galilee: For he would not go about in Iurie, because that the Iewes sought to kyll hym.
  • John 8:59 : 59 Then toke they vp stones to caste at hym: but Iesus hyd hym selfe, and went out of the temple.
  • John 10:40 : 40 And went away againe beyonde Iordane, into the place where Iohn before had baptized, and there he abode.
  • John 11:54 : 54 Iesus therfore walked no more openlye among the Iewes: but went his way thence, vnto a countrey nye to a wildernesse, into a citie which is called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
  • John 13:24 : 24 To hym beckened Simon Peter therfore, that he shoulde aske who it was of whom he spake.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    14And when she knewe Peters voyce, she opened not the doore for gladnesse, but ran in, and tolde howe Peter stoode before the doore.

    15And they sayde vnto her: thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was euen so. Then sayde they: it is his Angel.

    16But Peter continued knockyng: And when they had opened the doore, and sawe hym, they were astonyed.

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    18Nowe assoone as it was day, there was no litle adoe among the souldiers, what was become of Peter.

    19And when Herode had sought for hym, and founde hym not, he examined the kepers, and commaunded them to be caryed away. And he descended from Iurie to Cesarea, and there abode.

  • Acts 12:3-12
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    3And because he sawe it pleased the Iewes, he proceaded further, and toke Peter also. (Then were the dayes of sweete bread.)

    4And when he had caught hym, he put hym in pryson also, and delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept, intendyng after Easter to bryng hym foorth to the people.

    5And Peter was kept in pryson: But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche, vnto God for hym.

    6And when Herode woulde haue brought hym foorth vnto the people, the same nyght slept Peter betweene two souldiers, bounde with two chaynes, and the kepers before the doore kept the pryson.

    7And beholde, the Angel of ye Lorde was there present, and a lyght shyned in the habitation: And he smote Peter on the syde, and stirred hym vp, saying: Aryse vp quickly. And his chaynes fell of from his handes.

    8And the Angel sayde vnto hym: gyrde thy selfe, & bynde on thy sandales. And so he dyd. And he sayeth vnto hym: cast thy garment about thee, and folow me.

    9And he came out and folowed hym, and wyse not that it was trueth which was done by the Angel, but thought he had seene a vision.

    10When they were past the first and the seconde watch, they came vnto the yron gate, that leadeth vnto the citie, which opened to them by the owne accorde: And they went out, and passed through one streate, and foorthwith the Angel departed from hym.

    11And when Peter was come to hym selfe, he sayde: Nowe I knowe of a suertie, that the Lorde hath sent his Angel, and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytyng for, of the people of the Iewes.

    12And as he considered the thyng, he came to the house of Marie the mother of Iohn, whose sirname was Marke, where many were gathered together in prayer.

  • Acts 5:18-23
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    18And layed handes on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.

    19But the Angel of the Lorde by nyght opened the prison doores, and brought them foorth, and sayde:

    20Go, and stande & speake in the temple to the people, all the wordes of this lyfe.

    21And when they hearde that, they entred into the temple early in ye mornyng, and taught: But the chiefe priest came, and they that were with hym, & called a counsayle together, and all the elders of the chyldren of Israel, and sent to the pryson to fet them.

    22But when the officers came, & founde them not in the pryson, they returned, and tolde,

    23Saying: The pryson truely founde we shut with all diligence, & the kepers standyng without, before the doores: But when we had opened, we founde no man within.

  • 13And when they helde their peace, Iames aunswered, saying: Men and brethren, hearken vnto me.

  • 8And tolde them all the matter, & sent them to Ioppa.

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    35And when it was day, the officers sent the sergeauntes, saying: Let those men go.

    36And the keper of the pryson tolde this saying to Paul, the officers haue sent worde to loose you. Nowe therfore, get you hence, and go in peace.

    37Then sayde Paul vnto them: They haue beaten vs openly vncondempned, beyng Romanes, and haue cast vs into pryson: and nowe woulde they thrust vs out priuily? Nay veryly, but let them come them selues, and fet vs out.

  • 33And after they had taryed there a space, they were let go in peace of the brethren, vnto the Apostles.

  • 23Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morowe, Peter went away with them, and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied hym.

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    12And the spirite sayde vnto me, that I shoulde go with the, without doubting. Moreouer, these sixe brethren accompanyed me, & we entred into the mans house:

    13And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and sayde vnto hym: Sende men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose sirname is Peter:

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    39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired the to depart out of the citie.

    40And they went out of the pryson, and entred into the house of Lydia, & when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

  • 7But go your way, & tell his disciples, and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see hym, as he saide vnto you.

  • 22The vpper captayne then let ye young man depart, and charged hym, see thou tell it out to no man, that thou hast shewed these thynges to me.

  • 14But Peter standyng foorth with the eleuen, lyft vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iurie, and all ye that dwell at Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and with your eares heare my wordes.

  • 16But Peter stoode at the doore without. Then went out that other disciple which was knowen vnto the hye priest, and spake vnto the damosell that kept the doore, and brought in Peter.

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    18And on the morowe, Paule went in with vs vnto Iames, and all the elders came together.

    19And when he had saluted them, he tolde by order all thinges that God had wrought among the gentiles by his ministerie.

  • 4But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynnyng, and expounded it by order vnto them, saying:

  • 19Then the hye captayne toke hym by the hande, and went with hym out of the way, and asked hym: What is it that thou hast to tell me?

  • 23Then assoone as they were let go, they came to their felowes, and shewed all that the hye priestes and elders had sayde vnto them.

  • Gal 1:18-19
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    18Then after three yeres, I returned to Hierusale to see Peter, and abode with hym fyfteene dayes.

    19But other of the Apostles sawe I none, saue Iames the Lordes brother.

  • 15And in those dayes, Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and said (The number of names together, were about an hundred and twentie)

  • 25Then came one and shewed them, saying: Beholde, the men that ye put in pryson, stande in the temple, and teache the people.

  • 27And as he talked with him, he came in, & found many that were come together.

  • 40And to hym agreed the other: And when they had called the Apostles, they beat them, and commaunded that they shoulde not speake in the name of Iesu, and let them go.

  • 21And he sayde vnto me: depart, for I wyll sende thee farre hence vnto the gentiles.

  • 30Which whe the brethren knewe, they brought hym to Cesarea, and sent hym foorth to Tarsus.

  • 27And when they were come, and had gathered the Churche together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, & howe he had opened the doore of fayth vnto the gentiles.