Acts 16:23
And when they had scourged them much, they cast them into the house of the bound, and commanded the keeper of the house of the bound to keep them watchfully.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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Matthew 26:48And Jihuda the traitor had given to them a sign, and said, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he: take him.
Luke 21:12But before all these, they will lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you up to the synagogues, and to the house of the bound. And they will bring you before kings and governors on account of my name.
Acts 5:23and said, We found the house of the bound shut carefully, and the keepers standing at the gates: and we opened, but no man found we there.
Acts 9:2And he demanded letters from the chief priests which he should give at Darmsuk to the synagogues, that if he found (any) who walked in this way, men or women, he might bind and bring them to Urishlem.
Acts 12:18And when it was morning there was made a great tumult among the soldiers concerning Shemun, what was become of him?
Matthew Henry on Acts 16:17-25
The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit; Persecution of Philippi. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he… Read the whole commentary →