Acts 16:37
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37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, (A)uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.”
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Acts 22:25-29
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25 But when they had stretched him out for the whips,[a] Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog (A)a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?” 26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.” 27 So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And he said, “Yes.” 28 The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.” 29 So those who were about (B)to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also (C)was afraid, (D)for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that (E)he had bound him.
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- Acts 22:25 Or when they had tied him up with leather strips
Acts 16:20-24
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20 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city. 21 They (A)advocate customs that are not lawful for us (B)as Romans to accept or practice.” 22 The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders (C)to beat them with rods. 23 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. 24 Having received this order, he put them into the inner (D)prison and fastened their feet in (E)the stocks.
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Matthew 10:16
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Persecution Will Come
16 (A)“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be (B)wise as serpents and (C)innocent as doves.
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Daniel 3:25-26
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25 He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, (A)walking in the midst of the fire, and they (B)are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like (C)a son of the gods.”
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, (D)“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the (E)Most High God, come out, and come here!” Then (F)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.
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Daniel 6:18-19
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18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; (A)no diversions were brought to him, and (B)sleep fled from him.
19 Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions.
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Proverbs 28:1
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Psalm 94:20
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Footnotes
- Psalm 94:20 Or fashion
Psalm 58:1-2
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God Who Judges the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David.
58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[b]
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands (C)deal out violence on earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 58:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 58:1 Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)
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