Acts 16:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the most high God, which shewe vnto you the way of saluation.

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  • Mark 5:7 : 7 And cryed with a loude voyce, and saide, What haue I to doe with thee, Iesus the Sonne of the most high God? I will that thou sweare to me by God, that thou torment me not.
  • Dan 3:26 : 26 Then the King Nebuchad-nezzar came neere to the mouth of the hote fierie fornace, and spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, the seruants of the hie God goe foorth and come hither: so Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego came foorth of the middes of the fire.
  • Dan 6:20 : 20 And when he came to the denne, he cryed with a lamentable voyce vnto Daniel: and the King spake, and saide to Daniel, O Daniel, the seruant of ye liuing God, is not thy God (whom thou alway seruest) able to deliuer thee fro the lyons?
  • Jonah 1:9 : 9 And he answered them, I am an Ebrewe, and I feare the Lord God of heauen, which hath made the sea, and the dry lande.
  • Dan 3:28 : 28 Wherefore Nebuchad-nezzar spake & said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who hath sent his Angel, and deliuered his seruants, that put their trust in him, and haue changed the Kings commaundement, and yeelded their bodies rather then they would serue or worship any god, saue their owne God.
  • Luke 4:34 : 34 Saying, Oh, what haue we to doe with thee, thou Iesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy vs? I know who thou art, euen the holy one of God.
  • Luke 4:41 : 41 And deuils also came out of many, crying, and saying, Thou art that Christ that Sonne of God: but he rebuked them, and suffered them not to say that they knewe him to be that Christ.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Iesus sayd vnto him, I am that Way, and that Trueth, and that Life. No man commeth vnto the Father, but by me.
  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.
  • Luke 20:21 : 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest, and teachest right, neither doest thou accept mans person, but teachest the way of God truly.
  • Acts 16:30-31 : 30 And brought them out, and said, Syrs, what must I doe to be saued? 31 And they saide, Beleeue in the Lorde Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, & thine houshold.
  • Acts 18:26 : 26 And he began to speake boldely in the Synagogue. Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they tooke him vnto them, and expounded vnto him the way of God more perfectly.
  • Acts 19:13 : 13 Then certaine of the vagabond Iewes, exorcistes, tooke in hand to name ouer them which had euil spirits, the Name of the Lord Iesus, saying, We adiure you by Iesus, whom Paul preacheth.
  • Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Seeing therefore, brethren, that by the blood of Iesus we may be bolde to enter into the Holy place, 20 By the newe and liuing way, which hee hath prepared for vs, through the vaile, that is, his flesh: 21 And seeing we haue an hie Priest, which is ouer the house of God, 22 Let vs drawe neere with a true heart in assurance of faith, our hearts being pure from an euill conscience,
  • Gen 14:18-22 : 18 And Melchi-zedek King of Shalem brought foorth bread and wine: and he was a Priest of the most high God. 19 Therefore he blessed him, saying, Blessed art thou, Abram, of God most high possessour of heauen and earth, 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath deliuered thine enemies into thine hand. And Abram gaue him tythe of all. 21 Then the King of Sodom saide to Abram, Giue me the persons, and take the goodes to thy selfe. 22 And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lorde the most hie God possessor of heauen and earth,
  • Ps 57:2 : 2 I will call vnto the most high God, euen to the God, that performeth his promes toward me.
  • Ps 78:35 : 35 And they remembred that God was their strength, and the most high God their redeemer.
  • Mark 12:14 : 14 And when they came, they saide vnto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou considerest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God truly, Is it lawfull to giue tribute to Cesar, or not?
  • Luke 1:77 : 77 And to giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes,
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To giue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, & to guide our feete into the way of peace.
  • Dan 4:2 : 2 (3:32) I thought it good to declare the signes and wonders, that the hie God hath wrought toward me.
  • Dan 5:18 : 18 O King, heare thou, The most high God gaue vnto Nebuchad-nezzar thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and honour and glory.
  • Dan 5:21 : 21 And hee was driuen from the sonnes of men, and his heart was made like the beastes, and his dwelling was with the wilde asses: they fed him with grasse like oxen, and his body was wet with the dewe of the heauen, till he knewe, that the most high God bare rule ouer the kingdome of men, and that he appointeth ouer it, whomsoeuer he pleaseth.
  • Dan 6:16 : 16 Then the King commaunded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of lyons: now the King spake, and said vnto Daniel, Thy God, whome thou alway seruest, euen he will deliuer thee.
  • Mic 6:6 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde?
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter in at the streight gate: for it is the wide gate, and broade way that leadeth to destruction: & many there be which goe in thereat, 14 Because the gate is streight, and the way narowe that leadeth vnto life, and fewe there be that finde it.
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And beholde, they cryed out, saying, Iesus the sonne of God, what haue we to do with thee? Art thou come hither to tormet vs before ye time?
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent vnto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we knowe that thou art true, & teachest the way of God truly, neither carest for any man: for thou considerest not the person of men.
  • Mark 1:24 : 24 Saying, Ah, what haue we to do with thee, O Iesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy vs? I knowe thee what thou art, euen that holy one of God.
  • Luke 8:28 : 28 And when he sawe Iesus, he cryed out and fell downe before him, and with a loude voyce sayd, What haue I to doe with thee, Iesus the Sonne of God the most High? I beseech thee torment me not.

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  • Acts 16:13-16
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    13 And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a Riuer, where they were wont to pray: and we sate downe, and spake vnto the women, which were come together.

    14 And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard vs: whose heart the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake.

    15 And when she was baptized, and her houshold, she besought vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be faithfull to ye Lord, come into mine house, and abide there: and she constrained vs.

    16 And it came to passe that as we went to prayer, a certaine maide hauing a spirit of diuination, mette vs, which gate her masters much vantage with diuining.

  • Acts 16:28-31
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    28 But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Doe thy selfe no harme: for we are all here.

    29 Then he called for a light, and leaped in, and came trembling, and fell downe before Paul and Silas,

    30 And brought them out, and said, Syrs, what must I doe to be saued?

    31 And they saide, Beleeue in the Lorde Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, & thine houshold.

  • Acts 14:14-15
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    14 But when the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard it, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying,

    15 And saying, O men, why doe yee these things? We are euen men subiect to the like passions that yee be, and preache vnto you, that yee shoulde turne from these vaine things vnto the liuing God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all things that in them are:

  • Acts 14:10-12
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    10 Said with a loude voyce, Stand vpright on thy feete; he leaped vp, and walked.

    11 Then when the people sawe what Paul had done, they lift vp their voyces, saying in ye speach of Lycaonia, Gods are come downe to vs in the likenesse of men.

    12 And they called Barnabas, Iupiter: and Paul, Mercurius, because hee was the chiefe speaker.

  • Acts 16:18-20
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    18 And this did she many dayes: but Paul being grieued, turned about, and said to the spirit, I commaund thee in the Name of Iesus Christ, that thou come out of her; he came out the same houre.

    19 Nowe when her masters sawe that the hope of their gaine was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drewe them into the market place vnto the Magistrates,

    20 And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie,

  • Acts 16:9-10
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    9 Where a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stoode a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come into Macedonia, and helpe vs.

    10 And after he had seene the vision, immediatly we prepared to goe into Macedonia, being assured that the Lord had called vs to preache the Gospel vnto them.

  • Acts 19:25-26
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    25 Whom he called together, with the workemen of like things, and saide, Syrs, ye knowe that by this craft we haue our goods:

    26 Moreouer ye see and heare, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia this Paul hath perswaded, and turned away much people, saying, That they be not gods which are made with handes.

  • Acts 17:18-19
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    18 Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes, disputed with him, and some sayde, What will this babler say? Others sayde, He seemeth to be a setter forth of straunge gods (because hee preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.)

    19 And they tooke him, and brought him into Mars streete, saying, May we not know, what this newe doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

  • Acts 16:38-39
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    38 And the sergeants tolde these woordes vnto the gouernours, who feared whe they heard that they were Romanes.

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

  • Acts 13:26
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    26 Yee men and brethren, children of the generation of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is the woorde of this saluation sent.

  • Acts 15:11
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    11 But we beleeue, through the grace of the Lord Iesus Christ to be saued, euen as they doe.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19 And when he had embraced them, hee tolde by order all things, that God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministration.

  • Acts 11:14
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    14 He shall speake wordes vnto thee, whereby both thou and all thine house shalbe saued.

  • 1 Thess 1:9
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    9 For they themselues shew of vs what maner of entring in we had vnto you, and how ye turned to God from idoles, to serue the liuing and true God,

  • Acts 13:7
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    7 Which was with the Deputie Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He called vnto him Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the woorde of God.

  • Acts 19:28
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    28 Now when they heard it, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

  • Acts 27:23-24
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    23 For there stood by me this night the Angel of God, whose I am, and whome I serue,

    24 Saying, Feare not, Paul: for thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath giuen vnto thee freely all that sayle with thee.

  • Acts 13:15-16
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    15 And after the lecture of the Law & Prophets, the rulers of ye Synagogue sent vnto them, saying, Ye men & brethren, if ye haue any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

    16 Then Paul stoode vp and beckened with the hand, and sayde, Men of Israel, and yee that feare God, hearken.

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

  • Acts 28:28
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    28 Be it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shall heare it.

  • Acts 28:15
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    15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of vs, they came to meete vs at the Market of Appius, and at the Three tauernes, whom when Paul sawe, he thanked God, and waxed bolde.

  • Acts 17:22-23
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    22 Then Paul stoode in the mids of Mars streete, and sayde, Yee men of Athens, I perceiue that in all things yee are too superstitious.

    23 For as I passed by, and behelde your deuotions, I founde an altar wherein was written, Vnto The Vnknowen God. Whome yee then ignorantly worship, him shewe I vnto you.

  • Acts 19:17
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    17 And this was knowen to all the Iewes and Grecians also, which dwelt at Ephesus, and feare came on them all, and the Name of the Lord Iesus was magnified,

  • Acts 14:18
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    18 And speaking these things, scarce appeased they the multitude, that they had not sacrificed vnto them.

  • Acts 13:47
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    47 For so hath the Lord commanded vs, saying, I haue made thee a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be the saluation vnto the end of the world.

  • Acts 18:13
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    13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth me to worship God otherwise then the Lawe appointeth.

  • Acts 17:34
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    34 Howbeit certaine men claue vnto Paul, and beleeued: among whome was also Denys Areopagita, and a woman named Damaris, and other with them.

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    3 Opening, & alleadging that Christ must haue suffered, and risen againe from the dead: and this is Iesus Christ, whom, said he, I preach to you.

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    9 Then there was a great crye: and the Scribes of the Pharises part rose vp, and stroue, saying, Wee finde none euill in this man: but if a spirit or an Angel hath spoken to him, let vs not fight against God.

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    22 And the people gaue a shoute, saying, The voyce of God, and not of man.

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    37 For yee haue brought hither these men, which haue neither committed sacrilege, neither doe blaspheme your goddesse.

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    36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.