Acts 16:38
The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens
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- Acts 22:29 : 29 Then 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.
- Matt 14:5 : 5 Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.
- Matt 21:46 : 46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.
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- Acts 16:35-373 verses81%
35 At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying,“Release those men.”
36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying,“The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”
37 But 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!”
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39 and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
- Acts 16:19-246 verses79%
19 But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
20 When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
21 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
22 The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
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.
- Acts 22:29-302 verses77%
29 Then 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.
30 Paul 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.
- Acts 21:31-344 verses76%
31 While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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.
- Acts 22:23-275 verses75%
23 While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
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.
25 When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby,“Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?”
26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying,“What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”
27 So the commanding officer came and asked Paul,“Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied,“Yes.”
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10 When 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.
- Acts 5:26-272 verses75%
26 Then 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).
27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
- Acts 17:8-92 verses75%
8 They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
9 After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.
- Acts 16:29-302 verses72%
29 Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
30 Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
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40 For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”
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22 But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,
- Acts 28:16-183 verses71%
16 When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.
17 Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.
18 When 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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6 Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
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6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
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16 Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.
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16 When they had heard it all, they expressed their alarm to one another. Then they said to Baruch,“We must certainly give the king a report about everything you have read!”
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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.
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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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14 If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
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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.
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19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?”
- Acts 23:27-282 verses69%
27 This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.
28 Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
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30 So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,
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12 Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,
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28 When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
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18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
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11 The Guards’ Report While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.