Acts 26:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Paul sayd, I would to God that not onely thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

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  • Acts 21:33 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 For I woulde that all men were euen as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, and another after that.
  • 2 Cor 11:1 : 1 Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, & in deede, ye suffer me.
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 Whereof I am the ambassadour in bonds, that therein I may speake boldely, as I ought to speake.
  • Col 1:28 : 28 Whome we preache, admonishing euery man, & teaching euery man in all wisdome, that we may present euery man perfect in Christ Iesus,
  • Acts 25:14 : 14 And when they had remained there many dayes, Festus declared Pauls cause vnto the King, saying, There is a certaine man left in prison by Felix,
  • Rom 9:1-3 : 1 I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost, 2 That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart. 3 For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,
  • Rom 10:1 : 1 Brethren, mine hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saued.
  • 1 Cor 4:8 : 8 Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made rich: ye reigne as kings without vs, and would to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.
  • Exod 16:3 : 3 For the children of Israel sayde to them, Oh that we had dyed by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, when wee ate bread our bellies full: for yee haue brought vs out into this wildernesse, to kill this whole company with famine.
  • Num 11:29 : 29 But Moses saide vnto him, Enuiest thou for my sake? yea, would God that all the Lordes people were Prophets, and that the Lord woulde put his Spirit vpon them.
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 And the King was mooued, and went vp to the chamber ouer the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my sonne Absalom, my sonne, my sonne Absalom: woulde God I had dyed for thee, O Absalom, my sonne, my sonne.
  • 2 Kgs 5:3 : 3 And she sayd vnto her mistres, Would God my lord were with the Prophet that is in Samaria, he would soone deliuer him of his leprosie.
  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But if ye will not heare this, my soule shall weepe in secrete for your pride, and mine eye shall weepe and drop downe teares, because the Lords flocke is caried away captiue.
  • Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he was come neere, he behelde the Citie, and wept for it, 42 Saying, O if thou haddest euen knowen at the least in this thy day those things, which belong vnto thy peace! but nowe are they hid from thine eyes.
  • John 5:34 : 34 But I receiue not the record of man: neuerthelesse these things I say, that ye might be saued.
  • 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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    25But he said, I am not mad, O noble Festus, but I speake the wordes of trueth and sobernes.

    26For the King knoweth of these things, before whom also I speake boldly: for I am perswaded that none of these things are hidden from him: for this thing was not done in a corner.

    27O King Agrippa, beleeuest thou the Prophets? I know that thou beleeuest.

    28Then Agrippa said vnto Paul, Almost thou perswadest me to become a Christian.

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    30And when he had thus spoken, the King rose vp, and the gouernour, and Bernice, and they that sate with them.

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

    32Then sayd Agrippa vnto Festus, This man might haue bene loosed, if hee had not appealed vnto Cesar.

  • 13Then Paul answered, and sayd, What doe ye weeping and breaking mine heart? For I am ready not to be bound onely, but also to die at Hierusalem for the Name of the Lord Iesus.

  • Phil 1:12-14
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    12I would ye vnderstood, brethren, that the things which haue come vnto me, are turned rather to the furthering of the Gospell,

    13So that my bandes in Christ are famous throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other places,

    14In so much that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bandes, and dare more frankely speake the word.

  • Acts 26:1-3
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    1Then Agrippa sayd vnto Paul, Thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. So Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himselfe.

    2I thinke my selfe happy, King Agrippa, because I shall answere this day before thee of all the things whereof I am accused of the Iewes.

    3Chiefly, because thou hast knowledge of all customes, and questions which are among the Iewes: wherefore I beseech thee, to heare me patiently.

  • 13Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.

  • Phlm 1:8-9
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    8Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

    9Yet for loues sake I rather beseeche thee, though I be as I am, euen Paul aged, and euen nowe a prisoner for Iesus Christ.

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    23Saue that ye holy Ghost witnesseth in euery citie, saying, that bondes and afflictions abide me.

    24But I passe not at all, neither is my life deare vnto my selfe, so that I may fulfill my course with ioye, and the ministration which I haue receiued of the Lorde Iesus, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.

  • 19Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly vision,

  • 30Hauing the same fight, which ye sawe in me, and nowe heare to be in me.

  • 22Then Agrippa sayd vnto Festus, I would also heare the man my selfe. To morowe, sayd he, thou shalt heare him.

  • 9Wherein I suffer trouble as an euill doer, euen vnto bondes: but the worde of God is not bounde.

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    21For this cause the Iewes caught me in the Temple, and went about to kill me.

    22Neuertheles, I obteined helpe of God, and continue vnto this day, witnessing both to small and to great, saying none other things, then those which the Prophets and Moses did say should come,

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

    25Wherefore, sirs, be of good courage: for I beleeue God, that it shall be so as it hath bene tolde me.

  • 1For this cause, I Paul am the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles,

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

  • 11Nowe the night folowing, the Lord stoode by him, and saide, Be of good courage, Paul: for as thou hast testified of mee in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.

  • 12Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.

  • 31That I may be deliuered from them which are disobedient in Iudea, & that my seruice which I haue to doe at Hierusalem, may be accepted of the Saintes,

  • 19Then I sayd, Lord, they know that I prisoned, and beat in euery Synagogue them that beleeued in thee.

  • 20Whereof I am the ambassadour in bonds, that therein I may speake boldely, as I ought to speake.

  • 21Except it be for this one voyce, that I cried standing among them, Of the resurrection of the dead am I accused of you this day.

  • 11For if I haue done wrong, or committed any thing worthie of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof they accuse me, no man, to pleasure them, can deliuer me to them: I appeale vnto Cæsar.

  • 10Alwayes in my prayers, beseeching that by some meanes, one time or other I might haue a prosperous iourney by the will of God, to come vnto you.

  • 3For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    7As it becommeth me so to iudge of you all, because I haue you in remembrance that both in my bands, and in my defence, & confirmation of the Gospell you all were partakers of my grace.

    8For God is my recorde, howe I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Christ.

  • 27And no doubt he was sicke, very neere vnto death: but God had mercie on him, and not on him onely, but on me also, least I should haue sorowe vpon sorowe.

  • 19And I desire you somewhat the more earnestly, that yee so doe, that I may be restored to you more quickly.

  • 17And 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.

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    19But when the Iewes spake contrary, I was constrained to appeale vnto Cesar, not because I had ought to accuse my nation of.

    20For this cause therefore haue I called for you, to see you, and to speake with you: for that hope of Israels sake, I am bound with this chaine.

  • 17Deliuering thee from this people, and from the Gentiles, vnto whom now I send thee,

  • 19For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe.

  • 24And Festus sayd, King Agrippa, & all men which are present with vs, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Iewes haue called vpon me, both at Hierusalem, and here, crying, that he ought not to liue any longer.

  • 9For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not meete to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.

  • 16At my first answering no man assisted me, but all forsooke me: I pray God, that it may not be laide to their charge.