TOPICAL BIBLE
Prisoners
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Acts 12:9and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,Acts 12:10and having passed through a first ward, and a second, they came unto the iron gate that is leading to the city, which of its own accord did open to them, and having gone forth, they went on through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him.Acts 12:11And Peter having come to himself, said, ‘Now I have known of a truth that the Lord did sent forth His messenger, and did deliver me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews;’Acts 12:12also, having considered, he came unto the house of Mary, the mother of John, who is surnamed Mark, where there were many thronged together and praying.Acts 12:13And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda,Acts 12:14and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,Acts 12:15and they said unto her, ‘Thou art mad;’ and she was confidently affirming it to be so, and they said, ‘It is his messenger;’Acts 12:16and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,Acts 12:17and 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.Acts 12:18And day having come, there was not a little stir among the soldiers what then was become of Peter,Acts 12:19and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command them to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he was abiding there.Acts 16:19And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew them to the market-place, unto the rulers,Acts 16:20and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, ‘These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;Acts 16:21and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.’Acts 16:22And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat them with rods,Acts 16:23many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,Acts 16:24who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.Acts 16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,Acts 16:26and 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;Acts 16:27and 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,Acts 16:28and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.’Acts 16:29And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,Acts 16:30and having brought them forth, said, ‘Sirs, what must I do—that I may be saved?’Acts 16:31and they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved—thou and thy house;’Acts 16:32and they spake to him the word of the Lord, and to all those in his household;Acts 16:33and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe them from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,Acts 16:34having brought them also into his house, he set food before them, and was glad with all the household, he having believed in God.Acts 16:35And day having come, the magistrates sent the rod-bearers, saying, ‘Let those men go;’Acts 16:36and the jailor told these words unto Paul—‘The magistrates have sent, that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on in peace;’Acts 16:37and Paul said to them, ‘Having beaten us publicly uncondemned—men, Romans being—they did cast us to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.’Acts 16:38And the rod-bearers told to the magistrates these sayings, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans,Acts 16:39and having come, they besought them, and having brought them forth, they were asking them to go forth from the city;Acts 16:40and 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.Acts 21:27And, as the seven days were about to be fully ended, the Jews from Asia having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid hands upon him,Acts 21:28crying out, ‘Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;’Acts 21:29for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple.Acts 21:30All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut,Acts 21:31and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,Acts 21:32who, at once, having taken soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them, and they having seen the chief captain and the soldiers, did leave off beating Paul.Acts 21:33Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,Acts 21:34and some were crying out one thing, and some another, among the multitude, and not being able to know the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried to the castle,Acts 21:35and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,Acts 21:36for the crowd of the people was following after, crying, ‘Away with him.’Acts 21:37And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, ‘Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?’ and he said, ‘Greek dost thou know?Acts 21:38art not thou, then, the Egyptian who before these days made an uprising, and did lead into the desert the four thousand men of the assassins?’Acts 21:39And Paul said, ‘I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.’Acts 21:40And 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 22:24the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, saying, ‘By scourges let him be examined;’ that he might know for what cause they were crying so against him.Acts 24:10And Paul answered—the governor having beckoned to him to speak—‘Knowing that for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;Acts 24:23having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let him also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.Acts 25:8he making defence—‘Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar—did I commit any sin.’Acts 25:16unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against him.Acts 26:1And Agrippa said unto Paul, ‘It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;’ then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:Acts 27:1And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus,Acts 27:3on the next day also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit him, having gone on unto friends, to receive their care.Acts 28:16And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but Paul was suffered to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.Acts 28:30and Paul remained an entire two years in his own hired house, and was receiving all those coming in unto him,Acts 28:31preaching the reign of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness—unforbidden.2 Corinthians 6:5in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,2 Corinthians 11:23ministrants 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;