Acts 16:23

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Summary

Acts 16:23

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

They cast

To keep

Matthew 27:63

General references

Deuteronomy 25:2

Acts 5:18

Bible References

They cast

And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.

And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.

But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

To keep

Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.

Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit.

Now the false one had given them a sign saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he: take him.

Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

General references

And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.

And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.