Acts 16:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

So the keeper of the prison told these words to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go; therefore depart and go in peace.

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  • Acts 15:33 : 33 And after they had stayed there for a time, they were sent back with greetings from the brethren to the apostles.
  • Acts 16:27 : 27 The keeper of the prison, awakening from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners had fled.
  • Exod 4:18 : 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
  • Judg 18:6 : 6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way is before the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 1:17 : 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant you your petition that you have asked of him.
  • 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
  • 1 Sam 25:35 : 35 So David received from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice and respected your person.
  • 1 Sam 29:7 : 7 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you do not displease the lords of the Philistines.
  • 2 Kgs 5:19 : 19 And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
  • Mark 5:34 : 34 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you whole; go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.
  • John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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  • Acts 16:35
    90%

    35When it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, Let those men go.

  • Acts 16:37-40
    4 verses
    81%

    37But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they press us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out.

    38And the officers told these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.

    39Then they came and pleaded with them and brought them out, and asked them to depart from the city.

    40So they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.

  • Acts 16:22-28
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    76%

    22Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

    23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.

    24Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

    25At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

    26Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.

    27The keeper of the prison, awakening from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners had fled.

    28But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.

  • Acts 17:9
    76%

    9And when they had taken security from Jason and the others, they let them go.

  • Acts 15:33
    74%

    33And after they had stayed there for a time, they were sent back with greetings from the brethren to the apostles.

  • Acts 28:16-18
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    74%

    16And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

    17After three days, Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. When they had come together, he said to them, Men and brethren, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

    18When they had examined me, they wanted to release me, because there was no cause for putting me to death.

  • Acts 24:23
    72%

    23And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have freedom, and that he should permit none of his friends to minister or come to him.

  • Acts 21:31-32
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    72%

    31And as they went about to kill him, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

    32Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

  • Acts 12:17
    72%

    17But motioning to them with his hand to keep silence, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, 'Go and tell these things to James and to the brethren.' And he departed and went to another place.

  • Acts 22:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29Then immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him; and the chief captain also was afraid, after he realized he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

    30On the next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

  • Acts 16:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19When her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers.

    20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city,

  • Acts 16:30
    71%

    30And brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

  • Acts 5:19
    71%

    19But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

  • Acts 23:22
    70%

    22So the chief captain let the young man depart and charged him, Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.

  • Acts 23:30-32
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    30And when it was disclosed to me that a plot was about to be executed against the man, I sent him immediately to you, having also commanded his accusers to state their case before you. Farewell.

    31Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

    32On the next day they left the horsemen to go with him and returned to the barracks.

  • Acts 5:22-23
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    22But when the officers came and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

    23Saying, We found the prison truly shut securely, and the guards standing outside before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.

  • Acts 23:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18So he took him and brought him to the chief captain and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to tell you.

    19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went aside privately and asked him, What is it you have to tell me?

  • Acts 22:26
    70%

    26When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take care what you do, for this man is a Roman.

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    69%

    30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them:

    31And when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, This man does nothing deserving of death or chains.

  • Acts 23:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing that Paul might be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

    11The following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so must you also bear witness in Rome.

  • Mark 11:6
    69%

    6And they said to them just as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

  • Acts 18:9
    69%

    9Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, 'Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent,

  • Acts 27:3
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    3And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius courteously treated Paul, and gave him liberty to go to his friends to refresh himself.

  • Acts 15:36
    69%

    36After some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing.

  • Acts 21:36-37
    2 verses
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    36For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.

    37And as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the chief captain, May I speak with you? Who said, Can you speak Greek?

  • Acts 12:10
    68%

    10When they had passed the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them by itself; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

  • Acts 22:24
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    24The chief captain ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and directed that he be examined by scourging, to find out why they shouted so against him.

  • Acts 27:24
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    24Saying, Do not fear, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and indeed, God has granted you all those who sail with you.

  • Judg 18:6
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    6And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way is before the LORD.