Acts 16:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into pryson, commaundyng the iayler of the pryson to kepe them diligently.

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  • 1 Sam 23:22-23 : 22 Go I pray you and prepare yet better, knowe and see where his foote hath ben, & who hath seene him there: for it is tolde me that he is very subtyll. 23 See therfore, and know al the lurking places where he hydeth him selfe, and come ye againe to me with ye certaintie, and I wil go with you: And yf he be in the lande, I will searche him out throughout al the thousandes of Iuda.
  • Matt 26:48 : 48 But he that betrayed him, gaue them a token, saying: Whomsoeuer I kysse, that same is he, holde hym fast.
  • Matt 27:63-66 : 63 Saying. Sir, we remember that this deceauer sayde whyle he was yet aliue: After three dayes I wil arise agayne. 64 Commaunde therfore, that the sepulchre be made sure, vntyll the thirde day: lest his disciples come by nyght & steale hym away, and say vnto the people, he is rysen from the dead: & the last error shalbe worse then the first. 65 Pilate sayde vnto them: Ye haue the watche, go your way, make it as sure as ye knowe. 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure with the watch, and sealed the stone.
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all these, they shall laye their handes on you, and persecute you, deliueryng you vp to the synagogues, & into prisons, and shall bryng you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake.
  • Acts 5:18 : 18 And layed handes on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.
  • Acts 5:23 : 23 Saying: 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.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 As for Saul, he made hauocke of the Churche, and entred into euery house, & drewe out both men and women, and put them into pryson.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 And desired of him letters to carrye to Damascus, to the synagogues: that yf he founde any of this waye, whether they were men or women, he myght bryng them bounde vnto Hierusalem.
  • 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 12:18 : 18 Nowe assoone as it was day, there was no litle adoe among the souldiers, what was become of Peter.
  • 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 16:36 : 36 And 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.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus Christe, for you heathen:
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therfore, a prisoner in the Lorde, exhorte you, that ye walke worthy of the vocatio wherewith ye are called,
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer, euen vnto bondes: But the worde of God is not bounde.
  • Phlm 1:9 : 9 Yet for loues sake, I rather beseche thee, beyng such a one as Paul the aged, & nowe also a prisoner of Iesus Christe.
  • Rev 1:9 : 9 I Iohn, your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdome and patience of Iesus Christe, was in the Ile that is called Pathmos, for ye worde of God, and for the witnessyng of Iesus Christe.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Feare none of those thynges, which thou shalt suffer: Beholde, the deuyll shall caste some of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes. Be faythfull vnto the death, and I wyll geue thee a crowne of lyfe.

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    24Which when he had receaued such commaundement, thrust them into the inner pryson, and made their feete fast in the stockes.

    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.

    27When 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.

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    19And when her maisters sawe that the hope of their gaynes was gone, they caught Paul & Silas, and drewe them into the market place, vnto the rulers,

    20And brought them to the officers, saying: These men trouble our citie, being Iewes:

    21And preache ordinaunces, which are not lawfull for vs to receaue, neither to obserue, seeyng we are Romanes.

    22And the people ran agaynst them, and the officers rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.

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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.

    38And the sergeaunts tolde these wordes vnto the officers, and they feared when they hearde that they were Romanes.

    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.

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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:

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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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    8And they troubled the people, and the officers of the citie, when they hearde these thynges.

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    23And as they cryed, and caste of their clothes, and threwe dust into the ayre,

    24The chiefe captaine comaunded hym to be brought into the castle, & bade that he shoulde be scourged, and examined, that he myght knowe wherefore they cryed so on hym.

    25And as they boude him with thonges, Paul saide vnto ye Centurion that stoode by: Is it lawfull for you to scourge a man that is a Romane, and vncondempned?

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    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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    32Which immediatly toke souldiers, and vnder captaines, and ran downe vnto them: And when they sawe the vpper captaine and the souldiers, they left smytyng of Paul.

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    29Then he called for a lyght, and sprang in, and came tremblyng, and fell downe before Paul and Silas,

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    3And put them in warde in his chiefe stewardes house, euen in the prison and place where Ioseph was bounde.

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    16And he draue them fro the iudgement seate.

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    33And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, and wasshed their woundes, and was baptized hym selfe, & all they of his householde strayghtway.

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    24Of the Iewes fyue tymes receaued I fourtie stripes saue one.

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    21So threatned they them, and let them go, and founde nothyng how to punishe them, because of the people: For all men praysed God, because of that which was done.

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    11And I punished them oft in euery synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad vpon them, and persecuted them, euen vnto straunge cities.

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    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.

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    2And brought hym bounde, and deliuered hym to Pontius Pilate the deputie.