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

General references

Acts 5:18

Bible References

They cast

they laid hands on the apostles and put them into the public prison,

but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.

and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus empowering him to put any man or woman in chains whom he could find belonging to the Way, and bring them to Jerusalem.

After arresting him he put him in prison, handing him over to a guard of sixteen soldiers, with the intention of producing him to the People after the passover.

But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

For this reason I Paul, I whom Jesus has made a prisoner for the sake of you Gentiles ??2 for surely you have heard how the grace of God which was vouchsafed me in your interests has ordered it,

As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,

for which I have to suffer imprisonment as if I were a criminal. (But there is no prison for the word of God.)

I prefer to appeal to you on the ground of love. Well then, as Paul the old man, who now-a-days is a prisoner for Christ Jesus,

I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.

Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

To keep

"We found the prison safely locked up with the sentries posted at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one inside!"

Now when day broke there was a great commotion among the soldiers over what could have become of Peter.

Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, " Whoever I kiss, that is the man."

and said, "We remember, sir, that when this impostor was alive he said, 'I will rise after three days.'

General references

they laid hands on the apostles and put them into the public prison,