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Acts 12:9And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.Acts 12:10And when they were past the first and the second guard, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightway the angel departed from him.Acts 12:11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.Acts 12:12And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together and were praying.Acts 12:13And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda.Acts 12:14And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate.Acts 12:15And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel.Acts 12:16But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.Acts 12:17But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him forth out of the prison. And he said, Tell these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went to another place.Acts 12:18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.Acts 12:19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and tarried there.Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,Acts 16:20and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,Acts 16:21and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.Acts 16:22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.Acts 16:23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:Acts 16:24who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.Acts 16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;Acts 16:26and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened: and every one’s bands were loosed.Acts 16:27And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.Acts 16:28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.Acts 16:29And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,Acts 16:30and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?Acts 16:31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.Acts 16:32And they spake the word of the Lord unto him, with all that were in his house.Acts 16:33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.Acts 16:34And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God.Acts 16:35But when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.Acts 16:36And the jailor reported the words to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.Acts 16:37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.Acts 16:38And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;Acts 16:39and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.Acts 16:40And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.Acts 21:27And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,Acts 21:28crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.Acts 21:29For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.Acts 21:30And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut.Acts 21:31And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.Acts 21:32And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.Acts 21:33Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.Acts 21:34And some shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd: and when he could not know the certainty for the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the castle.Acts 21:35And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;Acts 21:36for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.Acts 21:37And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?Acts 21:38Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?Acts 21:39But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.Acts 21:40And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand unto the people; and when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, saying.Acts 22:24the chief captain commanded him be brought into the castle, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so shouted against him.Acts 24:10And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered,Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:Acts 24:23And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.Acts 25:8while Paul said in his defense, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Cæsar, have I sinned at all.Acts 25:16To whom I answered, that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and have had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.Acts 26:1And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:Acts 27:1And when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.Acts 27:3And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.Acts 28:16And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.Acts 28:30And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto him,Acts 28:31preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.2 Corinthians 6:5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.