Acts 12:5
And Peter was kept in pryson: But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche, vnto God for hym.
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- Matt 18:19 : 19 Agayne, truely I say vnto you, that if two of you agree in earth, as touching any thyng that they shall aske, it shalbe done for them, of my father, which is in heauen.
- 2 Cor 1:11 : 11 By the helpe of your prayer for vs, that by ye meanes of many persons, thankes may geuen of many on our behalfe, for the grace geuen vnto vs.
- Eph 6:18-20 : 18 Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite, and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication, for all saintes, 19 And for me, that vtteraunce may be geue vnto me, yt I may open my mouth freely, to vtter ye secretes of the Gospell. 20 Whereof I am messenger in bondes, that therein I may speake freely, as I ought to speake.
- 1 Thess 5:17 : 17 Pray continually.
- Heb 13:3 : 3 Remember them that are in bondes, as bounde with them: And them which suffer aduersitie, as also ye your selues beyng in the body suffered aduersitie.
- Jas 5:16 : 16 Knowledge your faultes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: For ye feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much.
- Luke 18:1 : 1 And he put foorth a parable vnto them, to this ende that me ought alwayes to pray, & not to be weery,
- Acts 12:12 : 12 And 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.
- 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And yf one member suffer, all suffer with it. If one member be had in honour, all the members reioyce with it.
- Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Hierusalem, which shall neither ceasse day nor night to preache the Lorde: and ye also that remember the Lorde, ye shall not kepe him close, 7 Nor leaue to speake of him, vntill Hierusalem be set vp, and made the prayse of the worlde.
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- Acts 12:6-83 verses85%
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.
- Acts 12:10-1910 verses77%
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.
13As Peter knocked at the entrie doore, a damsell came foorth to hearken, named Rhoda.
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.
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.
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 12:3-42 verses76%
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.
- Acts 5:18-192 verses75%
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:
- Acts 5:21-233 verses71%
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.
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17Pray continually.
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42And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and felowship, and in breakyng of bread, and in prayers.
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9On the morowe as they went on their iourney, and drewe nye vnto the citie, Peter went vp vnto the highest part of the house to pray, about the sixth houre.
- Acts 16:25-262 verses70%
25And at mydnyght Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prysoners hearde them.
26And sodenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the pryson was shaken, and immediatly all the doores opened, and euery mans bandes were loosed.
- Col 4:2-32 verses70%
2Continue in prayer, and watche in the same with thankes geuyng:
3Praying also for vs, that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtteraunce, that we may speake ye misterie of Christ, wherfore I am also in bondes:
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12And it came to passe in those dayes, yt he wet out into a mountayne to pray, & continued all nyght in prayer to God.
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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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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)
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12Reioycyng in hope, pacient in trouble, instant in prayer,
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4But we wyll geue our selues continually to prayer, and to the ministerie of the worde.
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1At the same tyme Herode the king stretched foorth his handes to vexe certayne of the Churche.
- Acts 10:30-312 verses68%
30And Cornelius sayde: This day nowe foure dayes, about this houre, I sate fasting, and at the ninth houre, I prayed in my house: And beholde, a man stoode before me in bryght clothyng,
31And sayde: Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thyne almes deedes are had in remembraunce in the syght of God.
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40And Peter put them all foorth, and kneled downe, and prayed, and turned hym to the body, and sayde: Tabitha aryse. And she opened her eyes, and when she sawe Peter, she sate vp.
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25Then came one and shewed them, saying: Beholde, the men that ye put in pryson, stande in the temple, and teache the people.
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12And by the handes of the Apostles, were many signes & wonders shewed among the people. (And they were all together with one accord in Solomons porche.
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1Nowe Peter and Iohn went vp together into the temple at the nynth houre of prayer.
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25Brethren, pray for vs.
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32But I haue prayed for thee, that thy fayth fayle not: And when thou art couerted, strength thy brethren.
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4And when he loked on hym, he was afrayde, and sayde: What is it Lorde? And he sayde vnto hym: Thy prayers and thyne almes, are come vp into remembraunce before God.
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18Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite, and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication, for all saintes,
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66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there came one of the wenches of the hyest priest:
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3And they layde handes on them, and put them in holde, vntyll the next day: for it was nowe euentyde.
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29Then Peter and the other Apostles aunswered, and sayde: We ought more to obey God then men.
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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.
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42And dayly in the temple, and in euery house, they ceassed not to teach & preach Iesus Christe.
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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.
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55And when they had kyndeled a fire in the myddes of the hall, and were set downe together, Peter also sate downe among them.