Acts 16:37

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Then 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.

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  • Acts 22:25-29 : 25 And as they bounde him with thoges Paul sayde vnto the Centurion that stode by: Ys it laufull for you to scourge a man that is a Romain and vncondempned? 26 When the Centurion hearde that he went and tolde the vpper captayne sayinge: What intendest thou to do? This man is a Romayne. 27 Then the vpper captayne came and sayde to him: tell me art thou a Romayne? He sayde: Yee. 28 And the captayne answered: with a greate some obtayned I this fredome. And Paul sayde: I was fre borne. 29 Then 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.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Beholde I sende you forthe as shepe amoge wolves. Be ye therfore wyse as serpetes and innocent as doves.
  • Acts 16:20-24 : 20 and brought them to the officers sayinge: These men trouble oure cite which are Iewes 21 and preache ordinaunces which are not laufull for vs to receave nether to observe seinge we are Romayns. 22 And the people ranne on them and the officers rent their clothes and comaunded them to be beaten with roddes. 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.

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  • Acts 16:38-40
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    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 16:35-36
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    81%

    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.

  • Acts 16:19-28
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    79%

    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

    20and brought them to the officers sayinge: These men trouble oure cite which are Iewes

    21and preache ordinaunces which are not laufull for vs to receave nether to observe seinge we are Romayns.

    22And the people ranne on them and the officers rent their clothes and comaunded them to be beaten with roddes.

    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.

    27When 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.

    28But Paul cryed with a lowde voyce sayinge: Do thy selfe no harme for we are all heare.

  • Acts 22:23-25
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    23And as they cryed and cast of their clothes and thrue dust into ye ayer

    24ye captayne bade him to be brought into the castle and commaunded him to be scourged and to be examined that he myght knowe wherfore they cryed on him.

    25And as they bounde him with thoges Paul sayde vnto the Centurion that stode by: Ys it laufull for you to scourge a man that is a Romain and vncondempned?

  • Acts 21:32-33
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    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 28:16-18
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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.

    17And it fortuned after thre dayes that Paul called ye chefe of ye Iewes together. And whe they were come he sayde vnto the: Men and brethren though I have comitted nothinge agaynst the people or lawes of oure fathers: yet was I delyvered presoner from Ierusalem in to the hondes of ye Romayns.

    18Which when they had examined me wolde have let me goo because they founde no cause of deeth in me.

  • Acts 23:10
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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.

  • Acts 17:9
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    9And when they were sufficiently answered of Iason and of the other they let the goo.

  • Acts 24:7
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    7but the hye captayne Lisias came vpon vs and with great violence toke him awaye out of oure hodes

  • Acts 5:21-23
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    21When they hearde that they entred into the temple erly in the morninge and taught. The chefe prest came and they that were with him and called a counsell to gedder and all the elders of the chyldren of Israel and sent to the preson to fet them.

    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 16:30
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    30and brought them out and sayde: Syrs what must I do to be saved?

  • Acts 22:29-30
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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.

    30On the morowe because he wolde have knowen the certayntie wherfore he was accused of the Iewes he lowsed him from his bondes and commaunded the hye Prestes and all the counsell to come together and brought Paul and set him before them.

  • Acts 5:40
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    40And to him they agreed and called the Apostles and bet them and comaunded that they shuld not speake in ye name of Iesu and let them goo.

  • Acts 23:15
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    15Now therfore geve ye knowlege to the vpper captayne and to the counsell that he bringe him forth vnto vs to morow as though we wolde knowe some thinge more perfectly of him. But we (or ever he come neare) are redy in ye meane season to kill him.

  • Acts 21:30
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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.

  • Acts 5:26
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    26Then went the ruler of the teple with ministers and brought the with out violence. For they feared the people lest they shuld have bene stoned.

  • Acts 23:18-19
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    18And he toke him and sayd: Paul ye presoner called me vnto him and prayed me to brige this youge ma vnto ye which hath a certayne matter to shewe ye.

    19The hye captayne toke him by the hond and wet a parte with him out of the waye: and axed him: what hast thou to saye vnto me?

  • Acts 25:16-17
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    16To whom I answered: It is not the maner of the Romayns to delyver eny man that he shuld perisshe before that he which is accused have the accusars before him and have licence to answer for him selfe concerninge ye cryme layde agaynst him:

    17whe they were come hidder wt out delaye on the morowe I sate to geve iudgement and comaunded ye ma to be brought forthe.

  • Acts 27:1
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    1When it was cocluded that we shuld sayle into Italy they delivered Paul and certayne other presoners vnto one named Iulius an vnder captayne of Cesars soudiars.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40For we are in ieoperdy to be accused of this dayes busines: for as moche as ther is no cause wherby we maye geve a rekenynge of this concourse of people.

  • Acts 5:19
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    19But the angell of the Lorde by nyght openned the preson dores and brought them forthe and sayde:

  • Acts 24:23
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    23And he commaunded an vndercaptayne to kepe Paul and that he shuld have rest and that he shuld forbyd none of his aquayntauce to minister vnto him or to come vnto him.

  • Acts 14:19
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    19Thither came certayne Iewes fro Antioche and Iconium and optayned the peoples consent and stoned Paul and drewe him oute of the cyte supposynge he had bene deed.

  • Acts 17:6
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    6But when they founde them not they drue Iason and certayne brethren vnto the heedes of the cite cryinge: these that trouble the worlde are come hydder also

  • Acts 21:36
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    36For the multitude of the people folowed after cryinge: awaye wt him.

  • Acts 23:31
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    31Then ye soudiers as it was comaunded the toke Paul and brought him by nyght to Antipatras.

  • Acts 26:31
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    31And when they were gone aparte they talked betwene them selves sayinge: This man doeth nothinge worthy of deeth nor of bondes.

  • Acts 18:17
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    17Then toke all the Grekes Sostenes the chefe rular of the synagoge and smote him before the iudges seate. And Gallio cared for none of tho thinges.