Early Church
Paul and Silas imprisoned
Paul and Silas imprisoned is dated AD 47. It is told in Acts 16:19–34. Silas, Paul are part of it.
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- AD 47
- Traditional reckoning
- AD 47
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
Where: Philippi.
Which verses connect to Acts 16:19?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Acts 17:65 votes
But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
- Acts 21:305 votes
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
- Acts 8:34 votes
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
- Acts 16:164 votes
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
- Acts 18:12–134 votes
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat. “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
- 2 Corinthians 6:54 votes
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.