Acts 16:26
Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.
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- Acts 4:31 : 31 When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.
- Acts 12:7 : 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying,“Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
- Acts 12:10 : 10 After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.
- Acts 5:19 : 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,
- Rev 6:12 : 12 Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;
- Rev 11:13 : 13 Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- Ps 79:11 : 11 Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!
- Ps 102:20 : 20 in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
- Ps 146:7 : 7 vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned.
- Isa 42:7 : 7 to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.
- Isa 61:1 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
- Zech 9:11-12 : 11 Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. 12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.
- Matt 28:2 : 2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
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- Acts 16:22-254 verses84%
22The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
23After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.
24Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
- Acts 16:27-304 verses83%
27When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.
28But Paul called out loudly,“Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”
29Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
30Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- Acts 5:18-192 verses75%
18They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.
19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,
- Acts 16:35-406 verses75%
35At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying,“Release those men.”
36The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying,“The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”
37But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”
38The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens
39and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
40When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then departed.
- Acts 12:5-73 verses74%
5So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.
6On 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.
7Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying,“Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
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23“We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
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19But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
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16Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.
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30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.
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10After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.
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31When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.
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9After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.
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32He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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14He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.
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13The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,
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18Then there were flashes of lightning, roaring, and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake– an earthquake unequaled since humanity has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake.
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14The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
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52And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.
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16Paul and Silas Are Thrown Into Prison Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.
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16For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.
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3At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
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30So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,
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32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.
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26Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised,“I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too.”
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18At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.
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4The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.
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16When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.
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27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
- Acts 16:13-142 verses66%
13On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.
14A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.
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2Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
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20in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
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16Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
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19The earth is broken in pieces, the earth is ripped to shreds, the earth shakes violently.
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40So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.
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42Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.