Acts 5:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Acts 4:3 : 3 and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;
  • Acts 12:5-7 : 5 Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him, 6 and 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, 7 and 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.
  • Acts 16:23-27 : 23 many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely, 24 who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks. 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them, 26 and suddenly a great earthquake came, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, opened also presently were all the doors, and of all -- the bands were loosed; 27 and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;
  • Heb 11:36 : 36 and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 `Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

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    19and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,

    20`Go on, and standing, speak in the temple to the people all the sayings of this life;'

    21and having heard, they did enter at the dawn into the temple, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the sanhedrim and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,

    22and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,

    23saying -- `The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened -- within we found no one.'

    24And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

    25and coming near, a certain one told them, saying -- `Lo, the men whom ye did put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people;'

    26then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

    27and having brought them, they set `them' in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,

    28saying, `Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.'

    29And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

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    3and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;

  • Acts 16:22-24
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    22And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat `them' with rods,

    23many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

    24who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

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    6whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them `their' hands.

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    40And to him they agreed, and having called near the apostles, having beaten `them', they commanded `them' not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go;

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    4whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered `him' to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

    5Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

    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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    17then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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    11and great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

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    15and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house -- the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.

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