Acts 12:17

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Summary

But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

Beckoning

John 13:24

And he

Bible References

Beckoning

Then Paul got up, and motioning with his hand, said, "Men of Israel, and you who reverence God, listen!

Some of the crowd called upon Alexander, as the Jews had pushed him to the front, and he made a gesture with his hand and was going to speak in defense of them to the people.

He gave him permission, and Paul standing on the steps made a gesture to the people, and when they had become quiet he spoke to them in Hebrew.

But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. For his part, he kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

So Simon Peter nodded to him and said to him, "Tell us whom he means."

And he

After leaving the jail they went to Lydia's house, and saw the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left the town.

But when they persecute you in one town, make your escape to another, for I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man arrives.

After this Jesus went from place to place in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were making efforts to kill him.

At that, the Jews picked up stones to throw at him, but he disappeared and made his way out of the Temple.

He went across the Jordan again to the place where John used to baptize at first, and there he stayed.

In consequence of this, Jesus did not appear in public among the Jews any longer, but he left that neighborhood and went to the district near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.