Acts 16:26

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Acts 4:31 : 31 And assoone as they had prayed, the place moued where they were assembled together, and they were all fylled with the holy ghost, and they spake the worde of God boldely.
  • Acts 12:7 : 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.
  • Acts 12:10 : 10 When 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.
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But the Angel of the Lorde by nyght opened the prison doores, and brought them foorth, and sayde:
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 And I behelde when he had opened the sixt seale, and loe there was a great earthquake, & the sunne was as blacke as sackcloth made of heere, & the moone waxed all euen as blood:
  • Rev 11:13 : 13 And the same houre shall there be a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the citie shall fall, and in the earthquake shalbe slaine names of men seuen thousande: and the remnaunt shalbe afraide, and geue glorie to the God of heauen.
  • Ps 79:11 : 11 Let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee, accordyng vnto the greatnes of thy power: preserue thou those that are appoynted to dye.
  • Ps 102:20 : 20 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie: and delyuer the children of death.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 God looseth those that be bounde: God geueth syght to the blynde.
  • Isa 42:7 : 7 That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prisoners from their bondes, and them that sit in darknesse out of the dungeon house.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The spirite of the Lord is vpon me: for the Lord hath annoynted me, and sent me to preache good tidinges vnto the poore, that I might binde vp the wounded heartes, that I might preache deliueraunce to the captiue, and open the prison to the that are bounde:
  • Zech 9:11-12 : 11 Thou also shalt be saued through the blood of thy couenaunt: I haue loosed thy prisoners out of the pit wherin is no water. 12 Turne you now to the strong holde ye that be in prison & long sore to be deliuered: euen this day I bring thee word that I wyl reward thee double againe.
  • Matt 28:2 : 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angell of the Lorde descended from heauen, and came & roulled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it.

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  • Acts 16:22-25
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    22And the people ran agaynst them, and the officers rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.

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

    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.

  • Acts 16:27-30
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    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.

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

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

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

  • Acts 5:18-19
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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:

  • Acts 16:35-40
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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.

  • Acts 12:5-7
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    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 5:23
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    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.

  • Acts 16:19
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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,

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

  • Acts 21:30
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    30And all the citie was moued, and the people swarmed together: And they toke Paul & drewe hym out of the temple, & foorthwith the doores were shut.

  • Acts 12:10
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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.

  • Acts 4:31
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    31And assoone as they had prayed, the place moued where they were assembled together, and they were all fylled with the holy ghost, and they spake the worde of God boldely.

  • Acts 17:9
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    9And when they were sufficiently aunswered of Iason, and of the other, they let them go.

  • Acts 21:32
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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.

  • Ps 107:14
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    14For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder.

  • Phil 1:13
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    13So that my bondes in Christe, are manifest, throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other places.

  • Rev 16:18
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    18And there folowed voyces, thundringes, & lyghtnynges: and there was a great earthquake, such as was not sence men were vpon the earth, so mightie an earquake and so great.

  • Rev 6:14
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    14And heauen vanished awaye as a scroule when it is roulled together, and all mountaynes and yles were moued out of their places.

  • Matt 27:52
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    52And graues dyd open, and many bodyes of saintes which slept, arose:

  • Acts 16:16
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    16And 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.

  • Ps 107:16
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    16For he breaketh the gates of brasse: & smyteth the barres of iron in sunder.

  • Col 4:3
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    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:

  • Acts 26:30
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    30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose vp, and the deputie, & Bernice, and they that sate with them.

  • Acts 16:32
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    32And they spake vnto hym the worde of the Lorde, and to all that were in his house.

  • Heb 12:26
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    26Whose voyce then shoke the earth, & nowe hath declared, saying: Yet once more wyll I shake, not the earth only, but also heauen.

  • Acts 12:18
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    18Nowe assoone as it was day, there was no litle adoe among the souldiers, what was become of Peter.

  • Matt 28:4
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    4And for feare of him, the kepers were astonyed, and became as dead men.

  • Acts 28:16
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    16And 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.

  • Acts 14:27
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    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.

  • Acts 16:13-14
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    13And 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.

    14And 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.

  • Matt 28:2
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    2And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angell of the Lorde descended from heauen, and came & roulled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it.

  • Ps 102:20
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    20That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie: and delyuer the children of death.

  • Acts 19:16
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    16And the man in whom the euyll spirite was, ran on them, & ouercame the, & preuayled agaynst them, so that they fled out of that house naked & wouded.

  • Isa 24:19
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    19The earth is vtterly broken downe, the earth hath a sore ruine, the earth quaketh exceedingly:

  • Acts 27:40
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    40And when they had taken vp the anckers, they committed themselues vnto the sea, and loosed the rudder bondes, and hoyssed vp the mayne sayle to the wynde, and drewe to lande.

  • Acts 27:42
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    42And the souldiers counsel was to kyll the prysoners, lest any of them, when he had swomme out, should runne away.