Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; arrest him.”
Acts 16:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 After they had given them a severe flogging, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to keep them securely. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely. American Standard Version (1901) And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Common English Bible When Paul and Silas had been severely beaten, the authorities threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to secure them with great care. Catholic Public Domain Version And when they had inflicted many scourges on them, they cast them into prison, instructing the guard to watch them diligently. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the gaoler to keep them diligently. |
Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; arrest him.”
“But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
When morning came, there was no small commotion among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.
When he had seized him, he put him in prison and handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he supposed that the prisoners had escaped.
And the jailer reported the message to Paul, saying, “The magistrates sent word to let you go; therefore come out now and go in peace.”
“We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside.”
But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison.
and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Are they ministers of Christ? I am talking like a madman—I am a better one: with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless floggings, and often near death.
This is the reason that I, Paul, am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you gentiles,
I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.
yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
I, John, your brother who share with you the persecution and the kingdom and the endurance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.