Acts 16:23

Paul And Silas Imprisoned

²² Then the mob joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods. ²³ After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to keep them securely guarded. ²⁴ Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

Make Sure

1 Samuel 23:22-23

Go and check again. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there; they tell me he is extremely cunning.

Matthew 26:48

His betrayer had given them a sign: “The One I kiss, He’s the One; arrest Him!”

Matthew 27:63-66

and said, “Sir, we remember that while this deceiver was still alive He said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Luke 21:12

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of My name.

Acts 5:18

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.

Acts 5:23

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

Acts 8:3

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

Acts 9:2

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Acts 12:4

After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

Acts 12:18

At daylight, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

Acts 16:27

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

Acts 16:36

The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. So come out now and go in peace.”

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

Ephesians 4:1

Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,

2 Timothy 2:9

I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus.

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.