Sergeants

Acts 16:35, properly Roman lictors, public servants who bore a bundle of rods, sometimes with an axe in the center, before the magistrates of cities and colonies as insignia of their office, and who executed the sentences which their masters pronounced.

Acts 16:35, 38 (R.V., "lictors"), officers who attended the magistrates and assisted them in the execution of justice.

In the Homes of the People
... still marvel over her capacity for work and getting others to work; the bandsmen
are enthusiastic over her ability to manage them; the ward sergeants of her ...
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Acts xvi. 25, 26
... And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go."
(v.34, 35.) It is likely the magistrates had learnt what had happened, and ...
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Wesley Interviews Mrs. Pilkington
... Mr. Mayor meantime was walking in the 'Change, and giving orders to the town drummers
and to his sergeants"doubtless to go down and keep the peace! ...
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The Sunday School or Church School
... must be supervised. Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants and
Corporals are the arteries of an army. In Sunday school ...
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Unexpected Orders
... This the twelve sergeants [Footnote: Probation Officers selected to assist in the
work of Training.] enjoyed in the recess between the sessions. ...
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Prudence and Faith
... Recruiting-sergeants tell country bumpkins or city louts wonderful stories of what
they will get if they take the shilling and put on the king's uniform; but ...
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Chapter i.
... Love is a magistrate who exercises his authority without noise, without pursuivants
or sergeants, by that mutual complacency, by which, as we find pleasure in ...
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The Record of a Quaker Conscience
... considered himself restricted by his oath and duty to six days; and here appeared
in person to prevent any harsh treatment of us by his sergeants; and though ...
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A Fulfilled Aspiration
... The first thing the sergeants do is to teach them the 'goose-step,' which consists
in lifting up one foot and then the other, ad infinitum, and yet always ...
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In the Regions Beyond
... when in the morning the officers of the prison told the magistrates of what had
occurred during the night, they were alarmed and sent the sergeants to liberate ...
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Sergeants (2 Occurrences)
...Sergeants (2 Occurrences). Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent
the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go." (WEB ASV WBS). ...
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Magistrates (18 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying,
"Let those men go." (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Sergius (1 Occurrence)

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Officers (171 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the
magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go." (See NIV). ...
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Jailer (8 Occurrences)
... household. (See NIV). Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent
the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go." (See NIV). Acts ...
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Lawyer (5 Occurrences)
... It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers,
sergeants, and advocates. 2. (n.) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt. ...
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Magistrate (9 Occurrences)
... of the Romans. They were attended by the sergeants (properly lictors or
"rod bearers"). Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A person ...
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Serenity (1 Occurrence)

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Reported (104 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:38 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were
afraid when they heard that they were Romans, (WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Afraid (361 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:38 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were
afraid when they heard that they were Romans, (WEB DBY YLT NAS RSV). ...
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