Acts 12:17

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And he beckened vnto them with the hand, to hold their peace, and told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison; he saide, Goe shewe these things vnto Iames and to the brethren: and he departed and went into an other place.

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  • Acts 21:40 : 40 And when he had giuen him licence, Paul stoode on the grieces, & beckened with the hand vnto the people: and when there was made great silence, hee spake vnto them in the Hebrewe tongue, saying,
  • Acts 13:16 : 16 Then Paul stoode vp and beckened with the hand, and sayde, Men of Israel, and yee that feare God, hearken.
  • Acts 15:13 : 13 And when they helde their peace, Iames answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken vnto me.
  • Acts 19:33 : 33 And some of the company drew foorth Alexander, the Iewes thrusting him forwards. Alexander then beckened with the hande, and woulde haue excused the matter to the people.
  • Acts 21:18 : 18 And the next day Paul went in with vs vnto Iames: and all the Elders were there assembled.
  • Gal 1:19 : 19 And none other of the Apostles sawe I, saue Iames the Lords brother.
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 And when Iames, and Cephas, and Iohn, knew of the grace that was giuen vnto me, which are counted to be pillars, they gaue to me and to Barnabas the right hands of felowship, that we should preach vnto the Gentiles, and they vnto the Circumcision,
  • Gal 2:12 : 12 For before that certaine came fro Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew & separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision.
  • 1 Cor 15:7 : 7 After that, he was seene of Iames: then of all the Apostles.
  • Jas 1:1 : 1 Iames a seruant of God, and of the Lorde Iesus Christ, to the twelue Tribes, which are scattered abroade, salutation.
  • Acts 16:40 : 40 And they went out of the prison, and entred into the house of Lydia: and when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
  • Ps 66:16 : 16 Come and hearken, all ye that feare God, and I will tell you what he hath done to my soule.
  • Ps 102:20-21 : 20 That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death: 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Zion, and his prayse in Ierusalem,
  • Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, & his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men, 22 And let them offer sacrifices of praise, and declare his workes with reioycing.
  • Ps 116:14-15 : 14 I will pay my vowes vnto the Lorde, euen nowe in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of the Lorde is the death of his Saintes.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 Which executeth iustice for the oppressed: which giueth bread to the hungry: the Lord loseth the prisoners.
  • Matt 10:23 : 23 And when they persecute you in this citie, flee into another: for verely I say vnto you, yee shall not goe ouer all the cities of Israel, till the Sonne of man be come.
  • Luke 1:22 : 22 And when hee came out, hee coulde not speake vnto them: then they perceiued that hee had seene a vision in the Temple: For he made signes vnto them, and remained domme.
  • John 7:1 : 1 After these things, Iesus walked in Galile, and woulde not walke in Iudea: for the Iewes sought to kill him.
  • John 8:59 : 59 Then tooke they vp stones, to cast at him, but Iesus hid himselfe, and went out of the Temple: And hee passed through the middes of them, and so went his way.
  • John 10:40 : 40 And went againe beyonde Iordan, into the place where Iohn first baptized, and there abode.
  • John 11:54 : 54 Iesus therefore walked no more openly among the Iewes, but went thence vnto a countrey neere to the wildernes, into a citie called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
  • John 13:24 : 24 To him beckened therefore Simon Peter, that he should aske who it was of whom he spake.

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  • Acts 12:14-16
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    80%

    14But when she knew Peters voyce, she opened not the entrie doore for gladnesse, but ranne in, and tolde howe Peter stood before the entrie.

    15But they said vnto her, Thou art mad. Yet she affirmed it constantly, that it was so. Then said they, It is his Angel.

    16But Peter continued knocking, and when they had opened it, and sawe him, they were astonied.

  • Acts 12:18-19
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    18Nowe assoone as it was day, there was no small trouble among the souldiers, what was become of Peter.

    19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commaunded them to be led to be punished; he went downe from Iudea to Cesarea, and there abode.

  • Acts 12:3-12
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    3And when he sawe that it pleased the Iewes, he proceeded further, to take Peter also (then were the dayes of vnleauened bread.)

    4And when he had caught him, he put him in prison, and deliuered him to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept, intending after the Passeouer to bring him foorth to the people.

    5So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer was made of ye Church vnto God for him.

    6And when Herod woulde haue brought him out vnto the people, the same night slept Peter betweene two souldiers, bound with two chaines, and the keepers before the doore, kept the prison.

    7And behold the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and a light shined in the house, and he smote Peter on the side, and raysed him vp, saying, Arise quickely; his chaines fell off from his handes.

    8And the Angel saide vnto him, Girde thy selfe, and binde on thy sandales; so he did. Then he said vnto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and followe me.

    9So Peter came out and followed him, and knewe not that it was true, which was done by the Angel, but thought he had seene a vision.

    10Nowe when they were past the first and the second watch, they came vnto the yron gate, that leadeth vnto the citie, which opened to them by it owne accord, and they went out, and passed through one streete, and by and by the Angel departed from him.

    11And when Peter was come to himselfe, he said, Nowe I know for a trueth, that the Lord hath sent his Angel, and hath deliuered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the wayting for of the people of the Iewes.

    12And as he considered the thing, he came to the house of Marie, the mother of Iohn, whose surname was Marke, where many were gathered together, and prayed.

  • Acts 5:18-23
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    18And laide hands on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.

    19But the Angel of the Lorde, by night opened the prison doores, & brought them forth, and sayd,

    20Go your way, & stand in the Temple, and speake to the people, all the wordes of this life.

    21So when they heard it, they entred into the Temple early in the morning, & taught; the chiefe Priest came, and they that were with him, and called the Councill together, and all the Elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison, to cause them to be brought.

    22But when the officers came, & found them not in the prison, they returned and tolde it,

    23Saying, Certainely we founde the prison shut as sure as was possible, and the keepers standing without, before the doores: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

  • Acts 15:13
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    13And when they helde their peace, Iames answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken vnto me.

  • Acts 10:8
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    8And tolde them all things, and sent them to Ioppa.

  • Acts 16:35-37
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    35And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.

    36Then the keeper of the prison tolde these woordes vnto Paul, saying, The gouerness haue sent to loose you: nowe therefore get you hence, and goe in peace.

    37Then sayde Paul vnto them, After that they haue beaten vs openly vncodemned, which are Romanes, they haue cast vs into prison, and nowe would they put vs out priuily? nay verely: but let them come and bring vs out.

  • Acts 15:33
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    33And after they had taried there a space, they were let goe in peace of the brethren vnto the Apostles.

  • Acts 10:23
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    23Then called he them in, and lodged them, and the next day, Peter went foorth with them, and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied him.

  • Acts 11:12-13
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    12And the Spirit saide vnto me, that I should go with them, without doubting: moreouer these sixe brethren came with me, and we entred into the mans house.

    13And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and said to him, Send men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.

  • Acts 16:39-40
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    70%

    39Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.

    40And they went out of the prison, and entred into the house of Lydia: and when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

  • Mark 16:7
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    7But goe your way, and tell his disciples, and Peter, that he will goe before you into Galile: there shall ye see him, as he said vnto you.

  • Acts 23:22
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    22The chiefe captaine then let the yong man depart, after hee had charged him to vtter it to no man, that he had shewed him these things.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14But Peter standing with ye Eleuen, lift vp his voice, & said vnto them, Ye men of Iudea, and ye all that inhabite Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and hearken vnto my woordes.

  • John 18:16
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    16But Peter stood at the doore without. Then went out the other disciple which was knowen vnto the hie Priest, and spake to her that kept the doore, and brought in Peter.

  • Acts 21:18-19
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    69%

    18And the next day Paul went in with vs vnto Iames: and all the Elders were there assembled.

    19And when he had embraced them, hee tolde by order all things, that God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministration.

  • Acts 11:4
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    4Then Peter beganne, and expounded the thing in order to them, saying,

  • Acts 23:19
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    19Then the chiefe captaine tooke him by the hande, and went apart with him alone, and asked him, What hast thou to shewe me?

  • Acts 4:23
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    23Then assoone as they were let goe, they came to their felowes, and shewed all that the hie Priestes and Elders had said vnto them.

  • Gal 1:18-19
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    18Then after three yeeres I came againe to Hierusalem to visite Peter, and abode with him fifteene dayes.

    19And none other of the Apostles sawe I, saue Iames the Lords brother.

  • Acts 1:15
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    15And in those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and sayde (nowe the nomber of names that were in one place were about an hundreth and twentie.)

  • Acts 5:25
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    25Then came one and shewed them, saying, Beholde, the men that ye put in prison, are standing in the Temple, and teach the people.

  • Acts 10:27
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    27And as he talked with him, he came in, and found many that were come together.

  • Acts 5:40
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    40And to him they agreed, and called the Apostles: and when they had beaten them, they commaunded that they should not speake in the Name of Iesus, and let them goe.

  • Acts 22:21
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    21Then he sayd vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles.

  • Acts 9:30
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    30But when the brethren knewe it, they brought him to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27And when they were come & had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all the things that God had done by them, and howe he had opened the doore of faith vnto the Gentiles.