Acts 16:26
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by and by all the doores opened, and euery mans bands were loosed.
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- Acts 4:31 : 31 And when as they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God boldely.
- Acts 12:7 : 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 : 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.
- Acts 5:19 : 19 But the Angel of the Lorde, by night opened the prison doores, & brought them forth, and sayd,
- Rev 6:12 : 12 And I behelde when hee had opened the sixt seale, and loe, there was a great earthquake, and the sunne was as blacke as sackecloth of heare, & the moone was like blood.
- Rev 11:13 : 13 And the same houre shall there bee a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the citie shall fall, and in the earthquake shalbe slaine in nomber seuen thousande: and the remnant were sore feared, and gaue glorie to the God of heauen.
- Ps 79:11 : 11 Let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee: according to thy mightie arme preserue the children of death,
- Ps 102:20 : 20 That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death:
- Ps 146:7 : 7 Which executeth iustice for the oppressed: which giueth bread to the hungry: the Lord loseth the prisoners.
- Isa 42:7 : 7 That thou maist open the eyes of the blind, and bring out the prisoners from the prison: and them that sitte in darkenesse, out of the prison house.
- Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lorde God is vpon mee, therefore hath the Lorde anoynted mee: hee hath sent mee to preache good tidings vnto the poore, to binde vp the broken hearted, to preach libertie to the captiues, and to them that are bound, the opening of the prison,
- Zech 9:11-12 : 11 Thou also shalt be saued through the blood of thy couenant. I haue loosed thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. 12 Turne you to the strong holde, ye prisoners of hope: euen to day doe I declare, that I will render the double vnto thee.
- Matt 28:2 : 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake: for the Angel of the Lorde descended from heauen, and came and rolled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it.
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- Acts 16:22-254 verses84%
22 The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.
23 And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely.
24 Who hauing receiued such commaundement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feete fast in the stockes.
25 Nowe at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung Psalmes vnto God: and the prisoners heard them.
- Acts 16:27-304 verses83%
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.
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?
- Acts 5:18-192 verses75%
18 And laide hands on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.
19 But the Angel of the Lorde, by night opened the prison doores, & brought them forth, and sayd,
- Acts 16:35-406 verses75%
35 And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.
36 Then 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.
37 Then 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.
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.
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.
- Acts 12:5-73 verses74%
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.
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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.
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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,
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16 But Peter continued knocking, and when they had opened it, and sawe him, they were astonied.
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30 Then all the citie was moued, and the people ran together: and they tooke Paul and drewe him out of the Temple, and forth with the doores were shut.
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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.
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31 And when as they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God boldely.
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9 Notwithstanding when they had receiued sufficient assurance of Iason and of the other, they let them goe.
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32 Who immediately tooke souldiers & Centurions, and ran downe vnto them: and when they sawe the chiefe Captaine and the souldiers, they left beating of Paul.
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14 He brought them out of darkenes, and out of the shadowe of death, and brake their bandes asunder.
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13 So that my bandes in Christ are famous throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other places,
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18 And there were voyces, and thundrings, and lightnings, and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were vpon the earth, euen so mightie an earthquake.
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14 And heauen departed away, as a scroule, when it is rolled, and euery mountaine and yle were mooued out of their places.
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52 And the graues did open themselues, and many bodies of the Saintes, which slept, arose,
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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.
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16 For hee hath broken the gates of brasse, and brast the barres of yron asunder.
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3 Praying also for vs, that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtterance, to speake ye mysterie of Christ: wherefore I am also in bonds,
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30 And when he had thus spoken, the King rose vp, and the gouernour, and Bernice, and they that sate with them.
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32 And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house.
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26 Whose voyce then shooke the earth and nowe hath declared, saying, Yet once more will I shake, not the earth onely, but also heauen.
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18 Nowe assoone as it was day, there was no small trouble among the souldiers, what was become of Peter.
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4 And for feare of him, the keepers were astonied, and became as dead men.
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16 So when we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the generall Captaine: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with a souldier that kept him.
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27 And 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.
- Acts 16:13-142 verses66%
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.
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2 And behold, there was a great earthquake: for the Angel of the Lorde descended from heauen, and came and rolled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it.
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20 That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death:
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16 And the man in whome the euil spirit was, ranne on them, and ouercame them, and preuailed against them, so that they fledde out of that house, naked, and wounded.
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19 The earth is vtterly broken downe: the earth is cleane dissolued: the earth is mooued exceedingly.
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40 So when they had taken vp the ankers, they committed the ship vnto the sea, and loosed the rudder bonds, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and drewe to the shore.
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42 Then the souldiers counsell was to kill the prisoners, least any of them, when he had swomme out, should flee away.