Acts 12:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

And 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.

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  • Acts 16:27 : 27 Then the keeper of the prison waked out of his sleepe, and when he sawe the prison doores open, he drewe out his sword and would haue killed himselfe, supposing the prisoners had bin fled.
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 And the next day, Paul and we that were with him, departed, and came vnto Cesarea: and we entred into the house of Philippe the Euangelist, which was one of the seuen Deacons, and abode with him.
  • Acts 25:13 : 13 And after certaine dayes, King Agrippa and Bernice came downe to Cæsarea to salute Festus.
  • Acts 27:42 : 42 Then the souldiers counsell was to kill the prisoners, least any of them, when he had swomme out, should flee away.
  • 1 Sam 23:14 : 14 And Dauid abode in the wildernesse in holdes, & remayned in a mountaine in the wildernes of Ziph; Saul sought him euery day, but God deliuered him not into his hand.
  • 1 Kgs 20:43 : 43 And the King of Israel went to his house heauie and in displeasure, & came to Samaria.
  • Esth 6:12 : 12 And Mordecai came againe to the Kings gate, but Haman hasted home mourning and his head couered.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 But the Lord wil not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him, when he is iudged.
  • Jer 36:26 : 26 But the King commaunded Ierahmeel the sonne of Hammelech, and Seraiah the sonne of Azriel, and Shelemiah the sonne of Abdiel, to take Baruch the scribe, and Ieremiah the Prophet, but the Lord hid them.
  • Dan 2:11-13 : 11 For it is a rare thing that the King requireth, and there is none other that can declare it before the King, except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh. 12 For this cause the king was angrie and in great furie, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babel. 13 And when sentence was giuen, the wise men were slayne: and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be put to death.
  • Matt 2:13 : 13 After their departture, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise, and take the babe & his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there til I bring thee word: for Herod will seeke the babe, to destroy him.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.
  • Matt 28:11-15 : 11 Nowe when they were gone, beholde, some of the watch came into the citie, & shewed vnto the hie Priestes all ye things that were done. 12 And they gathered them together with the Elders, and tooke counsell, and gaue large money vnto the souldiers, 13 Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. 14 And if this matter come before the gouernour to be heard, we will perswade him, and so vse the matter that you shall not neede to care. 15 So they tooke the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is noysed among the Iewes vnto this day.
  • John 12:10-11 : 10 The hie Priestes therefore consulted, that they might put Lazarus to death also, 11 Because that for his sake many of the Iewes went away, and beleeued in Iesus.
  • Acts 8:40 : 40 But Philippe was found at Azotus, and he walked to and fro preaching in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.
  • Acts 12:4 : 4 And 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.
  • Acts 12:6 : 6 And 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.

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  • Acts 12:16-18
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    16 But Peter continued knocking, and when they had opened it, and sawe him, they were astonied.

    17 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.

    18 Nowe assoone as it was day, there was no small trouble among the souldiers, what was become of Peter.

  • Acts 12:1-7
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    1 Nowe about that time, Herod the King stretched forth his hands to vexe certaine of the Church,

    2 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword.

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

    4 And 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.

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

    6 And 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.

    7 And 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.

  • Acts 12:10-12
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    10 Nowe 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.

    11 And 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.

    12 And 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.

  • Luke 23:7
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    7 And when he knewe that he was of Herods iurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, which was also at Hierusalem in those dayes.

  • Acts 23:35
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    35 I will heare thee, said he, when thine accusers also are come, and commaunded him to bee kept in Herods iudgement hall.

  • Luke 23:15
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    15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him: and loe, nothing worthy of death is done of him.

  • Acts 12:20-21
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    20 Then Herod was angrie with them of Tyrus and Sidon, but they came all with one accord vnto him, and perswaded Blastus the Kings Chamberlaine, and they desired peace, because their countrey was nourished by the Kings land.

    21 And vpon a day appointed, Herod arayed himselfe in royall apparell, and sate on the iudgement seate, and made an oration vnto them.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9 Then Herod sayd, Iohn haue I beheaded: who then is this of whome I heare such things? And he desired to see him.

  • Acts 5:22-23
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    22 But when the officers came, & found them not in the prison, they returned and tolde it,

    23 Saying, 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.

  • Mark 6:20
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    20 For Herod feared Iohn, knowing that hee was a iust man, and an holy, and reuerenced him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

  • Acts 25:6
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    6 Now when he had taried among them no more then ten dayes, hee went downe to Cæsarea, and the next day sate in the iudgement seat, and commaunded Paul to be brought.

  • Matt 14:5
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    5 And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.

  • Matt 26:58
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    58 And Peter followed him a farre off vnto the hie Priestes hall, and went in, and sate with the seruants to see the ende.

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

  • Luke 22:54-55
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    54 Then tooke they him, and led him, and brought him to the hie Priestes house. And Peter followed afarre off.

    55 And when they had kindled a fire in the middes of the hall, and were set downe together, Peter also sate downe among them.

  • Acts 25:4
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    4 But Festus answered, that Paul should bee kept at Cæsarea, and that he himselfe would shortly depart thither.

  • Luke 23:9
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    9 Then questioned hee with him of many things: but he answered him nothing.

  • Matt 4:12
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    12 And when Iesus had heard that Iohn was committed to prison, he returned into Galile.

  • Mark 6:27
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    27 And immediately the King sent the hangman, and gaue charge that his head shoulde be brought in. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

  • Acts 25:25
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    25 Yet haue I found nothing worthy of death, that he hath committed: neuertheles, seeing that he hath appealed to Augustus, I haue determined to send him.

  • Mark 14:66
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    66 And as Peter was beneath in the hal, there came one of the maides of the hie Priest.

  • Luke 3:20
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    20 He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.

  • Mark 6:16
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    16 So when Herod heard it, he said, It is Iohn whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

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

  • Luke 9:7
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    7 Nowe Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he douted, because that it was sayd of some, that Iohn was risen againe from the dead:

  • Acts 26:31
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    31 And when they were gone apart, they talked betweene themselues, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death, nor of bonds.

  • Matt 2:19
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    19 And whe Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lorde appeareth in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypt,

  • Matt 2:7
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    7 Then Herod priuily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,

  • Matt 2:3
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    3 When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all Hierusalem with him.

  • Acts 10:18
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    18 And called, and asked, whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

  • Matt 2:22
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    22 But whe he heard that Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in stead of his father Herod, he was afraide to go thither: yet after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside into the parts of Galile,

  • Matt 14:10
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    10 And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.

  • Acts 4:27
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    27 For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together,

  • Luke 23:19
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    19 Which for a certaine insurrection made in the citie, and murther, was cast in prison.

  • Acts 23:29
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    29 There I perceiued that hee was accused of questions of their Lawe, but had no crime worthy of death, or of bondes.

  • Acts 28:18
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    18 Who when they had examined me, would haue let me goe, because there was no cause of death in me.

  • Luke 13:31
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    31 The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee.

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