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

Declared

Psalm 146:7

And he

Bible References

Beckoning

So Paul stood up, and motioning with [his] hand, he said, "Israelite men, and those who fear God, listen!

And [some] of the crowd advised Alexander, [when] the Jews put him forward. But Alexander, motioning [with his] hand, was wanting to defend himself to the popular assembly.

So [when] he permitted [him], Paul, standing there on the steps, motioned with [his] hand to the people. And [when there] was a great silence, he addressed [them] in the Aramaic language, saying,

And [when he] came out he was not able to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them, and remained unable to speak.

So Simon Peter gestured for this one to inquire who it was about whom he was speaking.

Declared

Come [and] hear, all you God-fearers, and I will tell what he has done for me.

to hear [the] groaning of [the] prisoner, to liberate {those destined to die},

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and his wonderful deeds for [the] children of humankind,

I will pay my vows [made] to Yahweh in the presence of all his people.

[who] executes justice for the oppressed, [who] gives food for the hungry. Yahweh sets prisoners free;

And he

And [when they] came out of the prison, they went to Lydia and [when they] saw [them], they encouraged the brothers and departed.

And whenever they persecute you in this town, flee to another, for truly I say to you, you will never finish [going through] the towns of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

And after these [things] Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.

Then they picked up stones in order to throw [them] at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple [courts].

And he went away again on the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there.

So Jesus was no longer walking openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.