but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; and in that case would be found fighters against God.

But Saul ravaged the church, entering into the houses, and dragging men and women, cast them into prison.

Then the Jews stirred up the devout women, and those who were respectable, and the principal persons of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.

And laying on them many stripes, cast them into prison, commanding the jailor to keep them in safe custody:

But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Roman citizens, and have cast us into prison; and would they now clandestinely send us away? no, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

Then some among the multitude bellowed out one thing, and some another: so unable to know the certainty of the case because of the tumult, he ordered him to be brought into the fortress.

But we must be cast on a certain island.

And fearing lest they might run on some rocky coast, they cast out four anchors astern, and wished eagerly for the day to break.

This then being the case, all the rest also who had diseases in the island came to him, and were healed.