and laid hands on the apostles, then put them in public custody.
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and laid hands on the apostles, then put them in public custody.
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and layde hondes on the Apostles and put them in the comen preson.
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And laide hands on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.
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Passages linked to Acts 5:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 4:3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
- Luke 21:12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.
- Acts 8:3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.
- Acts 12:5-7 Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him. The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off his hands.
- Acts 16:23-27 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened. The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
- Hebrews 11:36 Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
- Revelation 2:10 Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and…
18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Ver. 18. Put them in the common prison] Bocardo (when the good bishops were there in Queen Mary’s days) was called a college of quondams (has beens): and almost all other prisons in England were become right Christian schools and Churches, saith Mr Fox.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain See Act 4:3.
See Act 4:3.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the angel of the Lord,.... Or "of God",…
But the angel of the Lord,.... Or "of God", as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, whether Michael, as some have thought, or Gabriel, or what particular angel, is not material to know. However, it was a good angel, an elect angel, one of those ministering spirits sent by God to minister to the heirs of promise; one of those angels that excel in strength, as appears by what he did: for he
by night opened the prison doors; where the apostles were put, and which had more doors than one, and these strong and close shut, and guarded by keepers; but were easily opened by the angel. It was very likely at, or towards the evening, when the apostles were taken, and therefore they were committed to prison, there to lie all night, till next morning, when the sanhedrim would meet together to consult what to do with them:
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and brought them forth; out of the prison, leading them out at the doors he had opened for them:
and said; the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions add, "to them"; that is, to the apostles, as follows.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. Put them in the common prison.] It…
Verse 18. Put them in the common prison.] It being too late in the evening to bring them to a hearing. To this verse the Codex Bezae adds, και επορευθη εἱς ἑκαστος εις τα ιδια, And each of them went to his own house.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The common prison - The public prison; or the…
The common prison - The public prison; or the prison for the keeping of common and notorious offenders.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. and laid their hands on the apostles] The…
18. and laid their hands on the apostles] The best MSS. omit their. The whole of the twelve are now seized, for the authorities are roused to activity. It is clear from this that, though St Luke has only mentioned the speeches of Peter, with some slight notice that John also was a speaker, yet all the Apostles were busy, and could have been quoted as preachers and teachers had it been any part of the compiler’s purpose to write a history of all the Apostles.
and put them in the common prison] The noun is the same as in Act_4:3, and the notion—that of ward, as a place of temporary imprisonment till the formal summoning of the council next day—should here be preserved. Read, in public ward. Such confinement was only precautionary and formed no part of the punishment intended by the Sadducees.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) Put them in the common prison.—The word is…
(18) Put them in the common prison.—The word is the same as the “ward “of Act_4:3. The addition of the word “common” or “public” perhaps indicates a greater severity of treatment. They were not merely kept in custody, but dealt with as common criminals, compelled to herd with ruffians and robbers and murderers.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Laid hands (as Act_4:3, A.V. and R.V.) for laid…
Laid hands (as Act_4:3, A.V. and R.V.) for laid their hands, A.V. and T.R.; in public ward for in the common prison, A.V. Laid hands, etc. Laid their hands is equally right, even when auJtwn is omitted, as the translation of tav ceirav. There is no difference in the sense in the two renderings, or in the two passages, though inbalon Act_4:3 the phrase is ejpe aujtoiv tav ceirav, and here ejpebalon tav ceirav aujtwn ejpi toulouv. In public ward. The A.V. is more idiomatic and expresses exactly what is meant by the phrase thrhsei dhmosia. Meyer quotes the phrases tosion in Thucydides, and oijkia dhmosia in Xenophon for the common piton. (see Act_4:3)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 18. Put them in the common prison. In the…
18. Put them in the common prison. In the city jail, among malefactors. “The 'common prison,' corresponding to our jail, consists of a single room in the governor's cellar, with a floor of earth, and one small window, where all manner of people, from the murderer to the insolent debtor, are promiscuously crowded together. The only furniture consists of a bench, always occupied by the strongest; the rest lie on the floor, or stand. We have visited prisons of this kind where we could only stand a few moments upon the threshold on account of the foul air. The keepers remain outside of the door (Acts 5:23), but the prisoners are not bound.—Van Lenneps.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 17
See notes on verse 17
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