Acts 5:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

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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  • Ps 2:4 : 4 But he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The Lorde breaketh the counsell of the heathen, and bringeth to nought the deuices of the people.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is he then that sayth, & it commeth to passe, and the Lord commandeth it not?
  • Lam 3:55-58 : 55 I called vpon thy Name, O Lorde, out of the lowe dungeon. 56 Thou hast heard my voyce: stoppe not thine eare from my sigh and from my cry. 57 Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not. 58 O Lord, thou hast maintained the cause of my soule, and hast redeemed my life.
  • Dan 3:11-25 : 11 And whosoeuer falleth not downe, and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the mids of an hote fierie fornace. 12 There are certeine Iewes whome thou hast set ouer the charge of ye prouince of Babel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: these men, O King, haue not regarded thy commandement, neither wil they serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image, that thou hast set vp. 13 Then Nebuchad-nezzar in his anger and wrath commaunded that they should bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: so these men were brought before the King. 14 And Nebuchad-nezzar spake, and said vnto them, What disorder? Will not you, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego serue my god, nor worship the golden image, that I haue set vp? 15 Now therefore are ye ready when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, and dulcimer, and all instruments of musike, to fall downe, and worship the image, which I haue made? For if ye worship it not, ye shall be cast immediately into the middes of an hote fierie fornace: for who is that God, that can deliuer you out of mine handes? 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the King, O Nebuchad-nezzar, we are not carefull to answere thee in this matter. 17 Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hote fierie fornace, and hee will deliuer vs out of thine hand, O King. 18 But if not, bee it knowen to thee, O King, that wee will not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image, which thou hast set vp. 19 Then was Nebuchad-nezzar full of rage, and the forme of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore hee charged and commaunded that they should heate the fornace at once seuen times more then it was wont to be heat. 20 And hee charged the most valiant men of warre that were in his armie, to binde Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the hote fierie fornace. 21 So these men were bounde in their coates, their hosen, and their clokes, with their other garments, and cast into the middes of the hote fierie fornace. 22 Therefore, because the Kings commaundement was straite, that the fornace should be exceeding hote, the flame of the fire slew those men that brought foorth Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. 23 And these three men Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego fell downe bound into the middes of the hote fierie fornace. 24 Then Nebuchad-nezzar the King was astonied and rose vp in haste, and spake, and saide vnto his counsellers, Did not wee cast three men bound into the middes of the fire? Who answered and said vnto the King, It is true, O King. 25 And he answered, and said, Loe, I see foure men loose, walking in the middes of the fire, and they haue no hurt, and the forme of the fourth is like the sonne of God.
  • Dan 6:22-24 : 22 My God hath sent his Angel and hath shut the lyons mouthes, that they haue not hurt mee: for my iustice was founde out before him: and vnto thee, O King, I haue done no hurt. 23 Then was the King exceeding glad for him, and commaunded that they should take Daniel out of the denne: so Daniel was brought out of the denne, and no maner of hurt was found vpon him, because he beleeued in his God. 24 And by the commaundement of the King these me which had accused Daniel, were brought, and were cast into the denne of lions, euen they, their children, and their wiues: and the lyons had the mastry of them, & brake all their bones a pieces, or euer they came at the groud of the denne.
  • Matt 27:63-66 : 63 And said, Syr, we remember that that deceiuer saide, while he was yet aliue, Within three dayes I will rise. 64 Command therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so shall the last errour be worse then the first. 65 Then Pilate saide vnto them, Ye haue a watch: goe, and make it sure as ye knowe. 66 And they went, and made the sepulchre sure with the watch, and sealed the stone.
  • Matt 28:12-15 : 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 8:59 : 59 Then tooke they vp stones, to cast at him, but Iesus hid himselfe, and went out of the Temple: And hee passed through the middes of them, and so went his way.
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But the Angel of the Lorde, by night opened the prison doores, & brought them forth, and sayd,

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    18And laide hands on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.

    19But the Angel of the Lorde, by night opened the prison doores, & brought them forth, and sayd,

    20Go your way, & stand in the Temple, and speake to the people, all the wordes of this life.

    21So when they heard it, they entred into the Temple early in the morning, & taught; the chiefe Priest came, and they that were with him, and called the Councill together, and all the Elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison, to cause them to be brought.

    22But when the officers came, & found them not in the prison, they returned and tolde it,

  • Acts 5:24-27
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    24Then when the chiefe Priest, and the captaine of the Temple, and the hie Priestes heard these things, they doubted of them, whereunto this would growe.

    25Then came one and shewed them, saying, Beholde, the men that ye put in prison, are standing in the Temple, and teach the people.

    26Then went the captaine with the officers, and brought them without violence (for they feared the people, lest they should haue bene stoned)

    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, & the chiefe Priest asked them,

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    26And 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.

    27Then 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.

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

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    16But Peter continued knocking, and when they had opened it, and sawe him, they were astonied.

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    23And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely.

    24Who hauing receiued such commaundement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feete fast in the stockes.

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

    6And 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.

    7And 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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    10Nowe 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.

    11And 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.

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

    36Then 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.

    37Then 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.

    38And the sergeants tolde these woordes vnto the gouernours, who feared whe they heard that they were Romanes.

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

    40And 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.

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

    19And 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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    40For 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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    13Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

    14And 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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    7But the chiefe captaine Lysias came vpon vs, and with great violence tooke him out of our handes,

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    21Then they saide vnto him, We neither receiued letters out of Iudea concerning thee, neither came any of the brethren that shewed or spake any euill of thee.

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    24Therefore certaine of them which were with vs, went to the sepulchre, and found it euen so as the women had sayd, but him they saw not.

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    9Then 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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    16But Peter stood at the doore without. Then went out the other disciple which was knowen vnto the hie Priest, and spake to her that kept the doore, and brought in Peter.

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    30Then 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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    16Saying, What shall we doe to these men? For surely a manifest signe is done by them, and it is openly knowen to all them that dwell in Hierusalem: and we cannot denie it.

  • Luke 24:3
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    3And went in, but found not the body of the Lord Iesus.

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    27And 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.

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

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    20For we cannot but speake the things which we haue seene and heard.

    21So 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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    9Notwithstanding when they had receiued sufficient assurance of Iason and of the other, they let them goe.

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    12And they neither found mee in the Temple disputing with any man, neither making vproare among the people, neither in the Synagogues, nor in the citie.

  • Matt 28:11
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    11Nowe when they were gone, beholde, some of the watch came into the citie, & shewed vnto the hie Priestes all ye things that were done.

  • Acts 24:20
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    20Or let these themselues say, if they haue found any vniust thing in mee, while I stoode in the Council,

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    3Praying 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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    6But 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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    16So 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.