Acts 12:19

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And 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.

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  • Acts 16:27 : 27 When the keper of the pryson waked out of his sleepe, and sawe the pryson doores open, he drewe out his sworde and woulde haue kylled hym selfe, supposyng that the prysoners had ben fled.
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 And the next daye, they that were of Paules companie departed, and came vnto Cesarea: And we entred into the house of Philip the Euangelist (which was one of the seuen) and abode with hym.
  • Acts 25:13 : 13 And after certayne dayes, King Agrippa and Bernice came vnto Cesarea, to salute Festus.
  • Acts 27:42 : 42 And the souldiers counsel was to kyll the prysoners, lest any of them, when he had swomme out, should runne away.
  • 1 Sam 23:14 : 14 Dauid abode in the wildernesse in strong holdes, and remained in a mountayne in the wildernesse of Ziph: And Saul sought him euery day, but God deliuered him not into his hande.
  • 1 Kgs 20:43 : 43 And the king of Israel went to his house wayward and in displeasure, and came to Samaria.
  • Esth 6:12 : 12 And Mardocheus came againe to the kinges gate: but Haman gat him home in all the haste mourning, and his head couered,
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym. 33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged.
  • Jer 36:26 : 26 But commaunded Ierahmel the sonne of Amelech, Saraiah the sonne of Ezriel, and Selemiah the sonne of Abdeel, to lay handes vpon Baruch the scribe, and vpon Ieremie the prophete: but the Lorde kept them out of sight.
  • Dan 2:11-13 : 11 For it is a rare matter that the king requireth, neither is there any that can certifie the king therof, except the gods whose dwelling is not with fleshe. 12 For the which cause the king was wroth with great indignation, & commaunded to destroy al the wise men at Babylon. 13 So the decree went foorth, and the wise men were slayne: they sought also to slay Daniel, with his companions.
  • Matt 2:13 : 13 When they were departed, beholde, the Angel of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a dreame, saying: Aryse, & take the young chylde and his mother, and flee into Egipte, and be thou there, tyll I bryng thee worde. For it wyll come to passe, that Herode shall seke ye young chylde, to destroy hym.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herode, when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men, was excedyng wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the chyldren that were in Bethlehe, and in all the coastes, as many as were two yere olde, or vnder, according to the tyme, which he had diligently searched out, of the wyse men.
  • Matt 28:11-15 : 11 When they were gone, beholde, some of the watche came into the citie, and shewed vnto the hye priestes all the thynges that were done. 12 And they gathered the together, with the elders, and toke councell, and gaue large money vnto the souldiers, 13 Saying. Saye ye, that his disciples came by nyght, & stole hym away while ye slept. 14 And yf this come to the deputies eares we wyll perswade hym, and saue you harmelesse. 15 So they toke the money, & dyd as they were taught. And this saying is noysed among the Iewes, vntyl this day.
  • John 12:10-11 : 10 But the hye priestes helde a councell, that they myght put Lazarus to death also, 11 Because that for his sake, many of the Iewes went away, and beleued on Iesus.
  • Acts 8:40 : 40 But Philip was founde at Azotus. And he walked throughout the countrey, preachyng in all the cities, tyll he came to Cesarea.
  • Acts 12:4 : 4 And 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.
  • Acts 12:6 : 6 And 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 12:16-18
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    16But Peter continued knockyng: And when they had opened the doore, and sawe hym, they were astonyed.

    17And 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.

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

  • Acts 12:1-7
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    1At the same tyme Herode the king stretched foorth his handes to vexe certayne of the Churche.

    2And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde.

    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.

  • Acts 12:10-12
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    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.

  • Luke 23:7
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    7And assoone as he knewe that he belonged vnto Herodes iurisdiction, he sent hym to Herode, whiche was also at Hierusalem at that tyme.

  • Acts 23:35
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    35I wyll heare thee, sayde he, when thyne accusars are come also. And he comaunded hym to be kept in Herodes iudgement hall.

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    15No, nor yet Herode: For I sent you to hym, and loe nothing worthy of death is done to hym.

  • Acts 12:20-21
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    20And Herode was displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: But they came all with one accorde to hym, and made intercession vnto Blastus the kynges chaumberlayne, and desired peace, because their countrey was norisshed by the kyng.

    21And vpon a day appoynted, Herode arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in his seate, and made an oration vnto them.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9And Herode sayde, Iohn haue I beheaded, but who is this of who I heare such thinges? And he desired to see him.

  • Acts 5:22-23
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    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.

  • Mark 6:20
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    20For Herode feared Iohn, knowyng that he was a iuste man and an holye, and gaue hym reuerence: and when he hearde hym, he dyd many thynges, and hearde hym gladly.

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    5And when he woulde haue put hym to death, he feared the people: because they counted hym as a prophete.

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    58But Peter folowed hym a farre of, vnto the hye priestes palace, and went in, and sate with the seruauntes to see the ende.

  • Acts 10:23
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    23Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morowe, Peter went away with them, and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied hym.

  • Luke 22:54-55
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    54Then toke they hym, and ledde hym, & brought him to the hye priestes house: and Peter folowed a farre of.

    55And when they had kyndeled a fire in the myddes of the hall, and were set downe together, Peter also sate downe among them.

  • Acts 25:4
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    4But Festus aunswered, that Paul shoulde be kept at Cesarea, and that he himselfe woulde shortly depart thither.

  • Luke 23:9
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    9Then he questioned with hym many wordes: But he aunswered hym nothing.

  • Matt 4:12
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    12When Iesus had hearde that Iohn was delyuered vp, he departed into Galilee,

  • Mark 6:27
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    27And immediatlye the kyng sent the hangman, and commaunded his head to be brought in: And he went, and beheaded hym in the pryson,

  • Acts 25:25
    69%

    25Yet founde I nothyng worthy of death, that he had committed: Neuerthelesse, seeyng that he hath appealed to Augustus, I haue determined to sende hym:

  • Mark 14:66
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    66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there came one of the wenches of the hyest priest:

  • Luke 3:20
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    20Added this aboue all, & shut vp Iohn in pryson.

  • Mark 6:16
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    16But when Herode hearde of hym, he saide: It is Iohn, whom I beheaded, he is rysen from death agayne.

  • Acts 10:8
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    8And tolde them all the matter, & sent them to Ioppa.

  • Luke 9:7
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    7And Herode the tetrarche heard of all that was done by hym, and doubted, because that it was sayde of some, that Iohn was rysen agayne from death:

  • Acts 26:31
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    31And when they were gone apart, they talked betwene the selues, saying: This man doth nothyng worthy of death, or of bondes.

  • Matt 2:19
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    19But when Herode was dead, beholde, an Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a dreame, in Egipt, saying.

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    7Then Herode, when he had priuilye called the wyse men, inquired of the diligently, what tyme the starre appeared.

  • Matt 2:3
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    3When Herode the kyng had hearde these thynges, he was troubled, and all the citie of Hierusalem with hym.

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    18And called, and asked whether Simo which was sirnamed Peter, were lodged there.

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    10And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the pryson.

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    19Which for a certaine insurrection made in the citie, and for murther, was cast in pryson.

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    29Whom I perceaued to be accused of questions of their lawe, but was not gyltie of any thyng worthy of death, or of bondes.

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    18Which when they had examined me, woulde haue let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.

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    31The same day, came there certaine of the pharisees, and sayde vnto hym: Get thee out, and depart hence, for Herode wyll kyll thee.