³ And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

¹⁸ And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

²⁰ And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

²¹ Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

²² And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

²³ And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

²⁴ And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

¹ Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.

² And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.

³ And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.

² And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

³ But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.

¹² And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

¹² Then the band and the chief captain and the police took Jesus and put cords round him.

⁵⁴ And they made him a prisoner and took him away to the house of the high priest. But Peter went after them at a distance.

⁵² And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?

¹⁶ See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

¹⁷ But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;