Acts 12:4
When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.
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- Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
- Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.
- Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
- Lam 3:37 : 37 מ(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?
- Matt 24:9 : 9 Persecution of Disciples“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
- Matt 26:5 : 5 But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”
- Matt 27:64-66 : 64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people,‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them,“Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.” 66 So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
- Esth 3:6-7 : 6 But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews(that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus. 7 In the first month(that is, the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus’ reign, pur(that is, the lot) was cast before Haman in order to determine a day and a month. It turned out to be the twelfth month(that is, the month of Adar).
- Esth 3:13 : 13 Letters were sent by the runners to all the king’s provinces stating that they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day of the twelfth month(that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions.
- Acts 16:23-24 : 23 After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely. 24 Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- Luke 22:33 : 33 But Peter said to him,“Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”
- John 13:36-38 : 36 Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.” 37 Peter said to him,“Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!” 38 Jesus answered,“Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!
- John 19:23 : 23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained.(Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)
- John 21:18 : 18 I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go.”
- Acts 4:3 : 3 So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).
- Acts 4:28 : 28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
- Acts 5:18 : 18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.
- Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
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6 On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.
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17 He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and then related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said,“Tell James and the brothers these things,” and then he left and went to another place.
18 At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.
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3 So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).
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2 They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
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33 Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.
34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.
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27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.
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1 The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
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21 When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.
22 But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,
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31 So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.
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23 After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.
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12 The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
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24 the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.
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25 He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.
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18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.
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46 Then they took hold of him and arrested him.
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14 If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
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35 he said,“I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.
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15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.