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ACTSChapter 16 HINDRANCE

August 11, 2002

Romans 8:9

You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the

Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not

have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

Philippians 1:19

for I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what

has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.

Luke 8:28

When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you,

don't torture me!"

Mark 1:24

"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you

come to destroy us? I know who you are-- the Holy One of God!"

Mark 3:11

Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him

and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

Matthew 8:29

"What do you want with us, Son of God?" they shouted. "Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?"

Job 13:27

You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the

soles of my feet.

Robertson’s Word Pictures

Tertullian said of Christians in the stocks: Nihil crus sentit in vervo,

quum animus in caelo est (Nothing the limb feels in the stocks when the

mind is in heaven).


The Lex Valeria B.C. 509 and the Lex Poscia B.C. 248 made it a crime to inflict blows on a Roman citizen.

Cicero says, "To fetter a Roman citizen was a crime, to scourge him a scandal, to slay him--parricide."


Claudius had "deprived the city of Rhodes of its freedom for having crucified some citizen of Rome"

1 Thessalonians 2:2

We had previously suffered and been insulted in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his

gospel in spite of strong opposition.

Acts 22:25

As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion

standing there, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who

hasn't even been found guilty?"

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