Acts 16:27
When the keper of ye preson waked out of his slepe and sawe the preson dores open he drue out his swearde and wolde have kylled him selfe supposynge the presoners had bene fledde.
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- Acts 12:19 : 19 When Herode had called for him and founde him not he examined the kepers and comaunded to departe. And he descended from Iewry to Cesarea and ther abode.
- Acts 16:23-24 : 23 And when they had beaten them sore they cast them into preson comaundynge the iayler to kepe them surely. 24 Which iayler when he had receaved suche comaundment thrust them into the ynner preson and made their fete fast in the stockes.
- Matt 27:5 : 5 And he cast doune the sylver plattes in the temple and departed and went and hounge him sylfe.
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- Acts 16:23-264 verses83%
23And when they had beaten them sore they cast them into preson comaundynge the iayler to kepe them surely.
24Which iayler when he had receaved suche comaundment thrust them into the ynner preson and made their fete fast in the stockes.
25At mydnyght Paul and Sylas prayed and lauded God. And the presoners hearde them.
26And sodenly ther was a greate erth quake so that ye fonndacion of the preson was shaken and by and by all the dores opened and every mannes bondes were lowsed.
- Acts 16:28-303 verses82%
28But Paul cryed with a lowde voyce sayinge: Do thy selfe no harme for we are all heare.
29Then he called for a lyght and sprange in and came tremblynge and fell doune before Paul and Sylas
30and brought them out and sayde: Syrs what must I do to be saved?
- Acts 5:22-232 verses77%
22When the ministres came and founde them not in the preson they returned and tolde
23sayinge: the preson founde we shut as sure as was possible and the kepers stondynge with out before ye dores. But whe we had opened we founde no man with in.
- Acts 16:35-406 verses76%
35And when it was daye the officers sent the ministres sayinge: Let those men goo.
36The keper of ye preson tolde this sayinge to Paul the officiers have sent worde to lowse you. Now therfore get you hence and goo in peace.
37Then sayde Paul vnto them: they have beaten vs openly vncomdempned for all yt we are Romayns and have cast vs into preson: and now wolde they sende vs awaye prevely? Naye not so but let them come the selves and set vs out.
38When the ministres tolde these wordes vnto the officers they feared when they hearde that they were Romayns
39and came and besought them and brought them out and desyred them to departe out of the cite.
40And they wet out of ye preson and entred into the housse of Lidia and whe they had sene the brethren they comforted them and departed.
- Acts 12:5-73 verses74%
5Then was Peter kepte in preson. But prayer was made with out ceasynge of the congregacion vnto God for him.
6And when Herode wolde have brought him oute vnto the people the same nyght slepte Peter bitwene two soudiers bounde with two chaynes and the kepers before the dore kepte the preson.
7And beholde the angell of ye Lorde was there present and a lyght shyned in the lodge. And smote Peter on the syde and steryd him vp sayinge: aryse vp quyckly. And his cheynes fell of fro his hondes.
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19But the angell of the Lorde by nyght openned the preson dores and brought them forthe and sayde:
- Acts 27:42-432 verses73%
42The soudears counsell was to kyll ye presoners lest eny of them when he had swome out shulde fle awaye.
43But the vndercaptayne willinge to save Paul kept the from their purpose and commaunded that they yt could swyme shulde cast the selves first in to ye see and scape to londe.
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16And when he came to Rome ye vnder captayne delyvered ye presoners to ye chefe captayne of ye host: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with one soudier that kept him.
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30And all the cyte was moved and the people swarmed to geder. And they toke Paul and drue him out of the teple and forthwith the dores were shut to.
31As they went about to kyll him tydinges came vnto the hye captayne of the soudiers that all Ierusalem was moved.
32Which immediatly toke soudiers and vndercaptaynes and ranne doune vnto them. When they sawe ye vpper captayne and the soudiers they lefte smytinge of Paul.
33Then the captayne came neare and toke him and comaunded him to be bounde with two chaynes and demaunded what he was and what he had done.
- Acts 12:16-183 verses69%
16Peter cotynued knockinge. When they had opened the dore and sawe him they were astonyed.
17And he beckened vnto them with ye honde to holde their peace and tolde them by what meanes ye Lorde had brought him oute of the preson. And sayde: goo shew these thinges vnto Iames and to the brethren. And he departed and went into a nother place.
18Assone as it was daye ther was no lyttell a doo amoge the soudyers what was becum of Peter.
- Acts 12:10-112 verses69%
10When they were past ye fyrst and ye seconde watche they came vnto yt yron gate yt ledeth vnto the cyte which opened to them by his awne accorde. And they went out and passed thorowe one strete and by and by the angell departed fro him.
11And when Peter was come to him selfe he sayde: now I knowe of a surety that the Lorde hath sent his angell and hath delyvered me out of the honde of Herode and from all the waytynge for of the people of ye Iewes.
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19And when her master and mastres sawe yt the hope of their gaynes was gone they caught Paul and Sylas and drue the into the market place vnto the rulars
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30As the shipmen were about to fle out of the ship and had let doune the bote into the see vnder a coloure as though they wolde have cast ancres out of the forshippe:
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4And for feare of him the kepers were astunnyed and became as deed men.
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10And when ther arose greate debate the captayne fearynge lest Paul shuld have bene pluckt asondre of them comaunded the soudiers to goo doune and to take him from amonge them and to bringe him into the castle.
11The nyght folowyng God stode by him and sayde: Be of good cheare Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Ierusalem so must thou beare witnes at Rome.
- Gen 39:22-232 verses67%
22which commytted to Iosephe hade all the presoners that were in the preson housse. And what soeuer was done there yt dyd he.
23And the keper of the preso loked vnto nothinge that was vnder his hande because the LORde was with him and because that what soeuer he dyd the LORde made it come luckely to passe.
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9And when they were sufficiently answered of Iason and of the other they let the goo.
- Acts 26:30-312 verses67%
30And when he had thus spoken the kynge rose vp and the debite and Bernice and they that sate with them.
31And when they were gone aparte they talked betwene them selves sayinge: This man doeth nothinge worthy of deeth nor of bondes.
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29Then strayght waye departed from him they which shuld have examyned him. And the hye captayne also was a frayde after he knewe that he was a Romayne: because he had bounde him.
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32Then the soudiers cut of the rope of the bote and let it fall awaye.
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18Which when they had examined me wolde have let me goo because they founde no cause of deeth in me.
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24But their layinge awayte was knowen of Saul. And they watched at the gates daye and nyght to kyll him.
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9Then spake the LORde to Paul in the nyght by a vision: be not afrayde but speake and holde not thy peace:
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26When the Centurion hearde that he went and tolde the vpper captayne sayinge: What intendest thou to do? This man is a Romayne.
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20And he toke Ioseph and put him in pryson: euen in the place where the kinges prisoners laye bounde. And there contynued he in preson.
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21For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple and went about to kyll me.