Acts 16:23
And when they had scourged them much, they cast them into the prison, and commanded the keeper of the prison to keep them with care.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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Matthew 26:48And Judas the betrayer had given them a sign, saying: He it is, whom I shall kiss: him seize ye.
Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay hands upon you, and will persecute you, and will deliver you up to councils and to prison, and will arraign you before kings and governors, on account of my name.
Acts 5:23and said: We found the prison carefully closed, and also the keepers standing before the doors; and we opened, but found no one there.
Acts 9:2And he requested that a letter from the high priest might be given him unto Damascus to the synagogues; that if he should find persons pursuing this course, men or women, he might bind and bring them to Jerusalem.
Acts 12:18And when it was morning, there was a great dispute among the soldiers concerning Simon, what had 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 →