Acts 12:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and having beckoned to them with the hand to be silent, he declared to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison, and he said, `Declare to James and to the brethren these things;' and having gone forth, he went on to another place.

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  • Acts 21:40 : 40 And he having given him leave, Paul having stood upon the stairs, did beckon with the hand to the people, and there having been a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew dialect, saying:
  • Acts 13:16 : 16 And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, `Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:
  • Acts 15:13 : 13 and after they are silent, James answered, saying, `Men, brethren, hearken to me;
  • Acts 19:33 : 33 and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander -- the Jews thrusting him forward -- and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defence to the populace,
  • Acts 21:18 : 18 and on the morrow Paul was going in with us unto James, all the elders also came,
  • Gal 1:19 : 19 and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 and having known the grace that was given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, a right hand of fellowship they did give to me, and to Barnabas, that we to the nations, and they to the circumcision `may go',
  • Gal 2:12 : 12 for before the coming of certain from James, with the nations he was eating, and when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, fearing those of the circumcision,
  • 1 Cor 15:7 : 7 afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
  • Jas 1:1 : 1 James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!
  • Acts 16:40 : 40 and they, having gone forth out of the prison, entered into `the house of' Lydia, and having seen the brethren, they comforted them, and went forth.
  • Ps 66:16 : 16 Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.
  • Ps 102:20-21 : 20 To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death, 21 To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,
  • Ps 107:21-22 : 21 They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men, 22 And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.
  • Ps 116:14-15 : 14 My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people. 15 Precious in the eyes of Jehovah `is' the death for His saints.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.
  • Matt 10:23 : 23 `And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.
  • Luke 1:22 : 22 and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.
  • John 7:1 : 1 And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him,
  • John 8:59 : 59 they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
  • John 10:40 : 40 and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,
  • John 11:54 : 54 Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.
  • John 13:24 : 24 Simon Peter, then, doth beckon to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom he speaketh,

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  • Acts 12:18-19
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    18And day having come, there was not a little stir among the soldiers what then was become of Peter,

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    3and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also -- and they were the days of the unleavened food --

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    6and when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison,

    7and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the buildings, and having smitten Peter on the side, he raised him up, saying, `Rise in haste,' and his chains fell from off `his' hands.

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    18and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

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    30and the brethren having known, brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

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