Acts 28:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

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  • Acts 27:3 : 3 And 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 24:23 : 23 And 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 27:31 : 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.
  • Acts 27:43 : 43 But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land:
  • Acts 28:30-31 : 30 Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him, 31 preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.
  • Rom 1:7-9 : 7 To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; 10 Making request, if by any means now at last I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established; 12 That is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. 13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, (but was hindered until now,) that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among other Gentiles. 14 I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise. 15 So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are at Rome also.
  • Rom 15:22-29 : 22 For this reason, I have been much hindered from coming to you. 23 But now having no more place in these regions, and having a great desire these many years to come to you, 24 Whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you; for I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while. 25 But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 26 For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem. 27 It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things. 28 Therefore, when I have completed this and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. 29 And I am sure that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
  • Rev 17:9 : 9 Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
  • Rev 17:18 : 18 The woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.
  • Gen 37:36 : 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
  • Gen 39:21-23 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prison did not concern himself with anything that was under Joseph's care; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper.
  • 2 Kgs 25:8 : 8 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem:
  • Jer 40:2 : 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD your God has pronounced this calamity upon this place.
  • Acts 2:10 : 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
  • Acts 18:2 : 2 And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome, and he came to them.
  • Acts 19:21 : 21 After these things ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
  • Acts 23:11 : 11 The 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 24:23
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    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 27:1
    79%

    1And when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.

  • Acts 28:17-18
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    78%

    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 23:30-33
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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.

    33When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul before him.

  • Acts 23:10-11
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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.

    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.

  • Acts 28:30
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    30Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him,

  • Acts 22:24-30
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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.

    25And as they bound him with straps, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?

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

    27Then the chief captain came and said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yes.

    28And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was born free.

    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 28:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14There we found brethren and were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.

    15And from there, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

  • Acts 21:31-33
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    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.

    33Then the chief captain came near, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done.

  • Acts 23:17-19
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    75%

    17Then Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, Take this young man to the chief captain, for he has something to tell him.

    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 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 25:21
    73%

    21But when Paul appealed to be kept for the hearing before Augustus, I commanded him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar.

  • Acts 25:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14And when they had been there many days, Festus disclosed Paul's case to the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix,

    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a judgment against him.

  • Acts 27:3
    73%

    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 16:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    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 24:27
    71%

    27But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to grant a favor to the Jews, left Paul bound.

  • Acts 23:23
    71%

    23And he called two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen at the third hour of the night;

  • Acts 24:7
    70%

    7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great force took him away out of our hands,

  • Acts 21:37
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    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 23:27
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    27This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Then I came with an army and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

  • Acts 27:43
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    43But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land:

  • Acts 25:4
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    4But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would shortly go there.

  • Acts 27:31
    70%

    31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.

  • Acts 25:6
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    6And when he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

  • Acts 12:4
    70%

    4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison and handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after Passover.

  • Acts 16:23
    69%

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

  • Acts 25:23
    69%

    23So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and had entered into the audience hall with the chief captains and prominent men of the city, at Festus' command, Paul was brought in.

  • Acts 27:11
    69%

    11Nevertheless, the centurion believed the master and owner of the ship more than what was spoken by Paul.

  • Acts 27:24
    69%

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