Acts 16:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.”
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“And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 16:23 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 4:17So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”
- 1 Samuel 23:22Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
- Matthew 26:48Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him.”
- Matthew 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- Luke 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
- Acts 5:18and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
- Acts 5:23“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
- Acts 8:3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
- Acts 9:2and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
- Acts 12:4He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
- Acts 12:18At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
- Acts 16:27When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
- Acts 16:36The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”
- Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
- Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- 2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
- Philemon 1:9I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
- Revelation 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
- Revelation 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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