When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.
Acts 21:33 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then the commander approached, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the commandant approached and arrested Paul and ordered that he be secured with two chains. He then inquired who he was and what he had done. American Standard Version (1901) Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done. Common English Bible When the commander arrived, he arrested Paul and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Only then did he begin to ask who Paul was and what he had done. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the tribune, drawing near, apprehended him and ordered that he be bound with two chains. And he was asking who he was and what he had done. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the tribune coming near, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains: and demanded who he was, and what he had done. |
When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.
except that in every town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, ‘This is what the Holy Spirit says: “In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him over to the Gentiles.” ’
So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately. The commander too was alarmed when he realised Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him.
The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. He brought Paul down and placed him before them.
I answered them that it is not the Roman custom to give someone up before the accused faces the accusers and has an opportunity for a defence against the charges.
‘I wish before God,’ replied Paul, ‘that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am #– #except for these chains.’
For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.’
For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough to speak about it as I should.
Indeed, it is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart, and you are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel.
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
for which I suffer to the point of being bound like a criminal. But the word of God is not bound.
‘No,’ they said, ‘we won’t kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.’ So they tied him up with two new ropes and led him away from the rock.
Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and shouted, ‘Samson, the Philistines are here! ’ But while the men in ambush were waiting in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.
The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.
The Philistine leaders brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.