Acts 16:38
And the sergeants tolde these woordes vnto the gouernours, who feared whe they heard that they were Romanes.
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- Acts 22:29 : 29 Then straightway they departed from him, which should haue examined him: and the chiefe captaine also was afrayd, after he knewe that hee was a Romane, and that he had bound him.
- Matt 14:5 : 5 And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.
- Matt 21:46 : 46 And they seeking to laye handes on him, feared the people, because they tooke him as a Prophet.
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- Acts 16:35-373 verses81%
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.
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39 Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.
- Acts 16:19-246 verses79%
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,
21 And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes.
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.
- Acts 22:29-302 verses77%
29 Then straightway they departed from him, which should haue examined him: and the chiefe captaine also was afrayd, after he knewe that hee was a Romane, and that he had bound him.
30 On the next day, because hee would haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed him from his bonds, and commaunded the hie Priests and all their Councill to come together: and he brought Paul, and set him before them.
- Acts 21:31-344 verses76%
31 But as they went about to kill him, tydings came vnto the chiefe captaine of the band, that all Hierusalem was on an vproare.
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.
33 Then the chiefe Captaine came neere and tooke him, and commaunded him to be bound with two chaines, and demaunded who he was, and what he had done.
34 And one cryed this, another that, among the people. So when he could not know the certeintie for the tumult, he commaunded him to be led into the castell.
- Acts 22:23-275 verses75%
23 And as they cried & cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the aire,
24 The chiefe captaine commanded him to be led into the castle, and bade that he should be scourged, and examined, that he might knowe wherefore they cryed so on him.
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul sayd vnto the Centurion that stood by, Is it lawfull for you to scourge one that is a Romane, and not condemned?
26 Nowe when the Centurion heard it, hee went, and tolde the chiefe captaine, saying, Take heede what thou doest: for this man is a Romane.
27 Then the chiefe captaine came, and sayd to him, Tel me, art thou a Romane? And he said, Yea.
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10 And when there was a great dissension, the chiefe captaine, fearing lest Paul should haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commaunded the souldiers to go downe, and take him from among them, and to bring him into the castel.
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26 Then went the captaine with the officers, and brought them without violence (for they feared the people, lest they should haue bene stoned)
27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, & the chiefe Priest asked them,
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8 Then they troubled the people, and the heads of the citie, when they heard these things.
9 Notwithstanding when they had receiued sufficient assurance of Iason and of the other, they let them goe.
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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?
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40 For we are euen in ieopardie to be accused of this dayes sedition, for as much as there is no cause, whereby we may giue a reason of this concourse of people.
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22 But when the officers came, & found them not in the prison, they returned and tolde it,
- Acts 28:16-183 verses71%
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.
17 And the third day after, Paul called the chiefe of the Iewes together: and when they were come, he said vnto them, Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothing against the people, or Lawes of the fathers, yet was I deliuered prisoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes.
18 Who when they had examined me, would haue let me goe, because there was no cause of death in me.
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7 But the chiefe captaine Lysias came vpon vs, and with great violence tooke him out of our handes,
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6 They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the region round about,
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6 But when they found them not, they drew Iason & certaine brethren vnto the heads of the citie, crying, These are they which haue subuerted the state of the world, and here they are,
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16 And hee draue them from the iudgement seate.
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16 Now when they had heard all the wordes, they were afraid both one and other, & said vnto Baruch, We will certifie the King of all these wordes.
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21 So they threatened them, and let them goe, and found nothing how to punish them, because of the people: for all men praised God for that which was done.
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31 Then the souldiers as it was commaunded them, tooke Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
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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.
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15 Of whom when I came to Hierusalem, the high Priestes and Elders of the Iewes informed me, and desired to haue iudgement against him.
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19 Then the chiefe captaine tooke him by the hande, and went apart with him alone, and asked him, What hast thou to shewe me?
- Acts 23:27-282 verses69%
27 As this man was taken of the Iewes, and shoulde haue bene killed of them, I came vpon them with the garison, and rescued him, perceiuing that he was a Romane.
28 And when I would haue knowen the cause, wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their Council.
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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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12 Now when Gallio was Deputie of Achaia, the Iewes arose with one accorde against Paul, and brought him to the iudgement seate,
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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.
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18 And speaking these things, scarce appeased they the multitude, that they had not sacrificed vnto them.
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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.