Acts 16:35
At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying,“Release those men.”
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- Ps 76:10 : 10 Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.
- Jer 5:22 : 22 “You should fear me!” says the LORD.“You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.”
- Acts 4:21 : 21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.
- Acts 5:40 : 40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.
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- Acts 16:36-405 verses90%
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 17:8-103 verses80%
8They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
9After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.
10Paul and Silas at Berea The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
- Acts 16:22-276 verses77%
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.
26Suddenly 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.
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.
- Acts 16:19-202 verses75%
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.
20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
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33After they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.
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19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,
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30Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- Acts 5:21-233 verses74%
21When 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.
22But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,
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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21After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.
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34The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.
- Acts 22:29-302 verses73%
29Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up.
30Paul Before the Sanhedrin The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
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6They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go.
- Acts 12:17-182 verses72%
17He 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.
18At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.
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40and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.
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18When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
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23The Followers of Jesus Pray for Boldness When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.
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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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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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23He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.
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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.
- Acts 23:30-323 verses71%
30When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.
31So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.
32The next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to the barracks.
- Acts 26:30-312 verses71%
30So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,
31and as they were leaving they said to one another,“This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”
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17So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.
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10When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.
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6After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.
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22Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him,“Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”
- Acts 5:25-262 verses70%
25But someone came and reported to them,“Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!”
26Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).
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14Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
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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.
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3So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).