Acts 16:39

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Matt 8:34 : 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they begged him to depart out of their region.
  • Mark 5:17 : 17 And they began to beg him to depart out of their region.
  • Exod 11:8 : 8 And all these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down to me, saying, Get out, and all the people that follow you: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
  • Isa 45:14 : 14 Thus says the LORD, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours: they shall follow you; in chains they shall come over, and they shall bow down to you, they shall make supplication to you, saying, Surely God is with you; and there is no other, there is no God.
  • Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me.
  • Isa 60:14 : 14 Also the sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet, and they shall call you, The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  • Dan 6:16 : 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.
  • Dan 6:23 : 23 Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no harm was found upon him because he believed in his God.
  • Mic 7:9-9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me; he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 10 Then she who is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the LORD your God? My eyes shall behold her; now she shall be trampled down as the mire of the streets.
  • Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

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    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 16:35-38
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    35When it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, Let those men go.

    36So the keeper of the prison told these words to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go; therefore depart and go in peace.

    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.

  • Acts 16:29-30
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    29Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

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

  • Acts 16:15-24
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    15When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay. And she persuaded us.

    16And it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

    17This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.

    18And she did this for many days. But Paul, being greatly troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour.

    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,

    21And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive or observe, being Romans.

    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.

  • Acts 17:8-10
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    8And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.

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

    10And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea: who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

  • Acts 14:6
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    6They became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region,

  • Acts 16:12-13
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    12And from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony; and we were in that city staying several days.

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  • Matt 8:34
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    34And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they begged him to depart out of their region.

  • Acts 15:33
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    33And after they had stayed there for a time, they were sent back with greetings from the brethren to the apostles.

  • Acts 5:19
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    19But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

  • Acts 5:26-27
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    26Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council, and the high priest asked them,

  • Acts 12:10
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    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.

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    42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

  • John 4:30
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    30Then they went out of the city and came to him.

  • Acts 5:21-22
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    21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest came, and those with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

    22But when the officers came and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

  • Mark 5:17
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    17And they began to beg him to depart out of their region.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 21:29-30
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    30And all the city was disturbed, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut.

  • Acts 5:40
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    40And they agreed with him: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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    6And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too;

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    21So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, since all glorified God for what had been done.

  • Luke 8:31
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    31And they begged him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

  • Acts 4:23
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    23And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

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    21And when they had preached the gospel to that city and had taught many, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

  • Acts 21:12
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    12And when we heard these things, both we and those of that place pleaded with him not to go to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 14:18-19
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    18And with these sayings, they barely kept the people from sacrificing to them.

    19Then certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

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    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.

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    29And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theater.

  • Acts 23:10
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    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.

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    4And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.