Acts 16:27

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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.

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  • Acts 12:19 : 19 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.
  • Acts 16:23-24 : 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.
  • Judg 9:54 : 54 Then Abimelech called hastyly vnto the young man that bare his harnesse, and sayde vnto him: Drawe thy sworde and slea me, that men say not of me, A woman slue him: And his lad thrust him thorowe, and he died.
  • 1 Sam 31:4-5 : 4 The said Saul vnto his harnesse bearer, Draw out thy sword, & thrust me through therewith: lest the vncircumcised come and thrust me through & mocke me. And his harnesse bearer wolde not, for he was sore afrayd: Therefore Saul toke a sword, and fell vpon it. 5 And when his harnesse bearer sawe that Saul was dead, he fell lykewise vpon his sword, and dyed with him.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel sawe that his counsel was not folowed, he sadled his Asse, and arose and gate him home to his owne house, and to his owne citie, & put his housholde in order, and hanged him selfe, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
  • 1 Kgs 16:18 : 18 And when Zimri sawe that the citie must needes be taken, he went into the palace of the kinges house, and burnt him selfe & the kinges house with fyre, and so dyed
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 And he cast downe the peeces of siluer in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged hym selfe.

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  • Acts 16:23-26
    4 verses
    83%

    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.

    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.

  • Acts 16:28-30
    3 verses
    82%

    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 5:22-23
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    77%

    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.

  • 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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    74%

    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 5:19
    74%

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

  • Acts 27:42-43
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    73%

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

    43But the vnder captayne wyllyng to saue Paul, kept the from their purpose, & commaunded that they which coulde swymme, shoulde cast them selues first into the sea, and scape to lande:

  • Acts 28:16
    71%

    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 21:30-33
    4 verses
    70%

    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.

    31And as they went about to kyll hym, tydynges came vnto the hye captaine of the souldiers, that all Hierusalem was in an vprore.

    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.

    33Then the chiefe captaine came neare, & toke hym, and comaunded hym to be bounde with two chaynes, & demaunded who he was, & what he had done.

  • 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 12:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Acts 16:19
    68%

    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 27:30
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    30And as the shypmen were about to flee out of the shippe, when they had let downe the boate into the sea, vnder a colour, as though they woulde haue cast anckers out of the foreshippe,

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

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    67%

    10And when there arose a great debate, the chiefe captayne, fearyng lest Paul shoulde haue ben pluckt asunder of the, comaunded the souldiers to go downe, and to take him from among them, and to bryng hym into the castle.

    11And 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.

  • Gen 39:22-23
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    22And the keper of the prison committed to Iosephes hande all the prisoners that were in the prison house, and what so euer was done there, that dyd he.

    23And the keper of the prison loked vnto nothyng that was vnder his hande, seyng that the Lord was with hym: For whatsoeuer he dyd, the Lorde made it to prosper.

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

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose vp, and the deputie, & Bernice, and they that sate with them.

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

  • Acts 22:29
    67%

    29Then strayghtway departed fro him they which should haue examined him. And the hie captaine also was afrayde, after he knew that he was a Romane, and because he had bounde hym.

  • Acts 27:32
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    32Then the souldyers cut of the rope of the boate, and let it fall away.

  • Acts 28:18
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    18Which when they had examined me, woulde haue let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.

  • Acts 9:24
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    24But their laying awayte was knowen of Saule. And they watched ye gates day and nyght to kyll hym.

  • Judg 16:20
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    20And she sayde, The Philistines be vp in thee Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde: I will go out now as at other tymes before, & shake my selfe. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from hym.

  • Acts 18:9
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    9Then spake the Lorde to Paul in the nyght by a vision: Be not afrayde, but speake, and holde not thy peace:

  • Acts 22:26
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    26When the Centurion hearde that, he went and tolde the vpper captaine, saying: Take heede what thou doest, for this man is a Romane.

  • Gen 39:20
    66%

    20And Iosephes maister toke hym, and put hym in pryson, euen into the place where the kynges prysoners laye bounde: and there continued he in prison.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple, & went about to kyll me.