Jailor
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
JAILOR

jal'-er.

See PRISON.

Greek
1200. desmophulax -- a prison keeper
... jailor, keeper of the prison. From desmon and phulax; a jailer (as guarding the
prisoners) -- jailor, keeper of the prison. see GREEK desmon. see GREEK phulax. ...
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930. basanistes -- a torturer
... Noun, Masculine Transliteration: basanistes Phonetic Spelling: (bas-an-is-tace')
Short Definition: one who tortures, a tormentor, jailor Definition: one who ...
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Library

The Conversion of the Jailor of Philippi.
... LECTURES LECTURE XVIII. THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILOR OF PHILIPPI. Chap.
xvi.19-40. I ENTERED, in the last Lecture, upon a review ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xviii the conversion of.htm

Some Carriages of the Adversaries of God's Truth with Me at the ...
... I shall pass by what befell between these two assizes, how I had, by my jailor,
some liberty granted me, more than at the first, and how I followed my wonted ...
/.../grace abounding to the chief of sinners/some carriages of the adversaries.htm

Directions to Sinners.
... THESE are the words of the jailor at Philippi, the question which he put to
Paul and Silas, who were then under his care as prisoners. ...
/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture xviii directions to sinners.htm

Encouragement.
... But instantly made him,. A saint and a son. The jailor, I read,. A pardon received;
Acts 16:31. ... And viler than all,. The jailor or thief,. Manasseh or Saul: ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 9 encouragement.htm

Martyrdom of the Holy Confessors Shamuna, Guria, and Habib, from ...
... miserably all the same. On hearing this, the governor gave orders to Anovitus
the jailor to put them in very safe keeping. For the mind ...
/.../unknown/the decretals/ancient syriac documents martyrdom of 2.htm

Here is the Sum of My Examination Before Justice Keelin, Justice ...
... prison above seven weeks, the quarter-sessions were to be kept in Bedford, for the
county thereof, unto which I was to be brought; and when my jailor had set ...
/.../bunyan/grace abounding to the chief of sinners/here is the sum of.htm

A Continuation of Mr Bunyan's Life; Beginning Where He Left Off ...
... but within six years afterwards he was again taken up, viz., in the year 1666, and
was then confined for six years more, when even the jailor took such pity of ...
/.../bunyan/grace abounding to the chief of sinners/a continuation of mr bunyans.htm

Household Salvation
... else. The jailor's household all heard God's word faithfully declared,
and there was the main cause of blessing, for, alas! with ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/household salvation.htm

The Acceptable Sacrifice;
... Thus, when speaking of the jailor, 'who was a most barbarous, hard-hearted wretch;
yet, when God came to deal with him, he was soon tamed, and his heart became ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the acceptable sacrifice.htm

Ephesians iv. 1, 2
... "The jailor fell down before Paul and Silas." (Acts 16:29.) And yet neither is this
again the ... Now, however, let us proceed to look at the jailor's faith. ...
/.../homily viii ephesians iv 1.htm

Thesaurus
Jailor (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JAILOR. jal'-er. See PRISON. Multi-Version
Concordance Jailor (3 Occurrences). Acts 16:23 And ...
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Jair (14 Occurrences)

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Jailers (1 Occurrence)

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Thinking (58 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:27 And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors
of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking ...
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Drawn (131 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:27 And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors
of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking ...
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Commit (142 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; --
used with to, unto. 2. (vt) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison. ...
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Awakened (12 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:27 And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors
of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking ...
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Ordered (264 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:36 and the jailor told these words unto Paul -- 'The magistrates have sent,
that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on in peace ...
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Opened (182 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:27 And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors
of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking ...
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Jailor (3 Occurrences)

Acts 16:23
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
(KJV ASV DBY YLT)

Acts 16:27
And the jailor, 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.
(ASV DBY YLT)

Acts 16:36
And the jailor reported the words to Paul, 'saying', The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.
(ASV DBY YLT)

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