Acts 16:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And at mydnyght Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prysoners hearde them.

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  • Ps 77:6 : 6 I called to remembraunce my psalme, song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme: I communed with myne owne heart, & searched out my spirites.
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 My brethren, count it all ioy whe ye fall into diuers temptations:
  • 1 Pet 1:6-8 : 6 In the which ye reioyce, though nowe for a season (yf nede require) ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations: 7 That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe, 8 Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious:
  • Job 35:10 : 10 But none sayth, Where is God that made me? and that geueth vs occasion to praise him in the night?
  • Ps 119:62 : 62 I wyll ryse at midnight to confesse me vnto thee: because of thy ryghteous iudgementes.
  • Eph 5:19 : 19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes, and spirituall songues, syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes:
  • Phil 4:4-7 : 4 Reioyce in the Lorde alway, and agayne I say reioyce. 5 Let your pacient mynde be knowen vnto all men: The Lorde is at hande. 6 Be carefull for nothyng: but in all thynges, let your petition be manifest vnto God, in prayer and supplication with geuyng of thankes. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all vnderstandyng, shall kepe your heartes and myndes through Christe Iesus.
  • Col 3:15-17 : 15 And let the peace of God haue the victorie in your heartes, to the which also we are called in one body: And see that ye be thankefull. 16 Let the worde of God dwell in you richly in all wisdome, teachyng and admonisshyng your owne selues, in psalmes, and hymmes, and spirituall songes, singyng with grace in your heartes to the Lorde. 17 And whatsoeuer ye do in worde or deede, do all in the name of the Lorde Iesus, geuyng thankes to God and the father by hym.
  • 1 Thess 5:16-18 : 16 Reioyce euer. 17 Pray continually. 18 In all thinges geue thankes. For this is the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 Which in the dayes of his fleshe, when he had offered vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares, vnto hym that was able to saue hym from death, and was hearde in that which he feared:
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Nowe iowe I in my sufferynges for you, and fulfyll that which is behynde of the passions of Christe, in my fleshe, for his bodyes sake, which is ye Church:
  • Ezra 3:12-13 : 12 Many also of the priestes & Leuites and chiefe fathers, and auncient men which had seene the first house, when the foundation was layde before their eyes, wept with a loude voyce, and many showted aloude with ioy: 13 So that the people coulde not discerne the ioyfull sounde & gladnesse, from the noyse of the weeping among the people: for the people showted with a loude crye, and the noyse was heard farre of.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yea, and though I be offered vp vpo the offeryng and seruice of your fayth, I reioyce, and reioyce with you all.
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call vpon me, and I wyll heare hym: yea I am with hym in trouble, I wyll deliuer hym, and bryng hym to honour.
  • Ps 119:55 : 55 I haue thought vpon thy name O God in the nyght season: and I haue kept thy lawe.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God I crye all the day tyme, and in the night season, and I ceasse not: but thou hearest not.
  • Ps 34:1 : 1 Of Dauid when he chaunged his behauiour before Abimelech, whiche droue him away, and he departed. I wyll alway blesse God: his prayse shall euer be in my mouth.
  • Ps 42:8 : 8 God wyll graunt his louing kindnesse on the day tyme: and in the nyght season I wyll syng of hym, and make my prayer vnto the Lorde of my lyfe.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 And call vpon me in the tyme of trouble: I wyll heare thee, and thou shalt glorifie me.
  • Ps 71:7 : 7 I am become as it were a monster vnto many: but my sure trust is in thee.
  • Ps 77:2 : 2 In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde: my hande all the nyght catched & ceassed not, my soule refused comfort.
  • Isa 30:29 : 29 And ye shall sing lyke as in the night when the holy solempnitie beginneth, and ye shall haue gladnesse of heart, like as when one commeth with a pipe vnto the hill of the Lorde, and to the most mightie one of Israel.
  • Zech 3:8 : 8 Heare O Iosua thou hie priest, thou & thy felowes that sit before thee, for they are monstruous persons: behold, I wyl bring foorth the braunche my seruaunt.
  • Matt 5:10-11 : 10 Blessed (are) they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen. 11 Blessed are ye, whe (men) reuyle you, and persecute (you) and, lying, shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you, for my sake.
  • Matt 26:38-39 : 38 Then sayde Iesus vnto them: My soule is heauy, euen vnto the death, tary ye here, and watche with me. 39 And he went a litle farther, and fell flat on his face, and prayed, saying: O my father, if it be possible, let this cuppe passe from me: Neuerthelesse, not as I wyll, but as thou wylt.
  • Luke 6:22-23 : 22 Blessed shall ye be when men hate you, & seperate you from their companie and raile on you, & put out your names as an euyll thyng, for the sonne of mans sake. 23 Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: For beholde, your rewarde is great in heauen: For thus dyd their fathers vnto the prophetes.
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 And he was in an agonie, and he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was lyke droppes of blood, tricklyng downe to the grounde.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 And they departed from the counsell, reioycing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for his name.
  • Rom 5:3 : 3 Not that only: but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience:
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Reioycyng in hope, pacient in trouble, instant in prayer,
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are troubled on euery syde, yet are we not without shyft. We are in pouertie, but not vtterly without somewhat. 9 We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken therin. We are cast downe, but we perisshe not.
  • 2 Cor 4:16-17 : 16 Wherefore we are not weryed: But though our outwarde man perishe, yet the inwarde man is renued day by day. 17 For our exceedyng tribulation which is momentanie & lyght, prepareth an exceedyng and an eternall wayght of glorie vnto vs.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 As sorowyng, and yet alway merie: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauyng nothyng, and yet possessyng all thynges.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe, happy are ye. For the spirite of glory and of God, resteth vpon you: On their part he is euyll spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
  • Jas 5:13 : 13 Is any among you afflicted? let hym pray. Is any mery? let him sing psalmes.

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    26 And 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.

    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.

    28 But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying: Do thy selfe no harme, for we are all here.

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

    30 And brought them out, & sayde: Syrs, what must I do to be saued?

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

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

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

  • Acts 5:18-19
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    18 And layed handes on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.

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

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

    34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and ioyed that he with all his householde beleued on God.

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

    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.

    37 Then 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.

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

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

    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.

  • Acts 12:5-7
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    5 And Peter was kept in pryson: But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche, vnto God for hym.

    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.

    7 And 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.

  • 19 And 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,

  • 11 And the nyght folowyng, the Lorde stoode by hym, and sayde: Be of good cheare Paul, for as thou hast testified of me in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.

  • 7 And vpon one of the Sabboth dayes, when the disciples came together for to breake bread, Paul reasoned with the, redy to depart on the morowe, and continued the worde vnto mydnyght.

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    13 And on the day of the Sabbothes, we went out of the citie, besydes a ryuer, where prayer was wont to be made: And we sate downe, and spake vnto the women which resorted thyther.

    14 And a certayne woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, gaue vs audience: Whose hearte the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the thynges which Paul spake.

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    9 And when they were sufficiently aunswered of Iason, and of the other, they let them go.

    10 And the brethren immediatlye sent away Paul & Silas by nyght, vnto Berea: Which when they were come thyther, they entred into the synagogue of the Iewes.

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

    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.

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    29 And Paul sayde: I woulde to God, that not only thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both somewhat, and also in a great deale, such as I am, except these bondes.

    30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose vp, and the deputie, & Bernice, and they that sate with them.

  • 3 Praying 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:

  • 16 And when we came to Rome, ye vnder captayne delyuered the prysoners to the chiefe captayne of the hoast: But Paul was suffred to dwell by him selfe, with a souldyer that kept hym.

  • 36 And when he hadde thus spoken, he kneled downe, & prayed with them all.

  • 9 Then spake the Lorde to Paul in the nyght by a vision: Be not afrayde, but speake, and holde not thy peace:

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

  • 32 Which 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.

  • 24 And they glorified God in me.

  • 21 So 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.

  • 16 And it came to passe, as we went to prayer, a certayne damsell, possessed with a spirite of southsaying met vs: which brought her maisters much vantage with southsaying.

  • 20 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie: and delyuer the children of death.

  • 4 And some of them beleued, and ioyned with Paul and Silas, and of the deuout Grekes a great multitude, and of the chiefe women not a fewe.

  • 30 And when they hadde praysed God they wet out vnto the mount of Oliues.

  • 62 I wyll ryse at midnight to confesse me vnto thee: because of thy ryghteous iudgementes.

  • 24 And when they hearde that, they lyft vp their voyces to God with one accorde, and sayde: Lorde, thou art God, which hast made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is,

  • 3 And they layde handes on them, and put them in holde, vntyll the next day: for it was nowe euentyde.

  • 12 Then all the multitude was scilent, and gaue audience to Barnabas and Paul, which tolde what signes and wonders, God had shewed among the gentiles by them.

  • 6 And euen at mydnyght, there was a crye made: beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go out to meete hym.

  • 19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes, and spirituall songues, syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes: