When were Paul and Silas arrested?

Answer 1

SO WHEN JESUS SAW PAULUS AND SILAS IN PRISON HE SAID WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU GUYS DOING IN HERE AND THEY SAID THEY GOT TRAPPED. SO GOD RELEASED THEM SO WHEN JESUS SAW PAULUS AND SILAS IN PRISON HE SAID WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU GUYS DOING IN HERE AND THEY SAID THEY GOT TRAPPED. SO GOD RELEASED THEM

Answer 2

A:Acts 16:16-18 says that Paul commanded a spirit to come out of a slave girl. When her master saw this, they brought Paul to the magistrates in Philippi and had him thrown in prison. While praying at night, an earthquake freed Paul and Silas, although as honourable men they refused to escape. However, it is not as simple as that. An important, well disguised theme of Acts of the Apostles is the primacy of Peter over Paul during the period of their respective ministries. Paul was released from prison by a timely earthquake that arguably need not have been of divine origin, but Peter was released from prison twice by angels, who in one case accompanied Peter from the prison. Both this and the story of Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus appear to have been inspired by the ancient play known as the Bacchae, by Euripides (d. 406 BCE).

Paul himself says that he was imprisoned but never mentions this episode, so we should really assume that the passage was probably created for theological purposes alone. Even if Paul was imprisoned in Philippi, it was not for the reason stated in Acts, and certainly Paul and Silas were never freed by an earthquake while in prison.

Answer 3

Acts of the Apostles, in chapter 16, says that Paul and Silas were imprisoned in Philippi. Both this and the story of Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus appear to have been inspired by the ancient play known as the Bacchae, by Euripides (d. 406 BCE).

Answer 4

the reson he did go to jail is because he was a bad guy.

Answer 5

1. The Bible does not say the exact year they were arrested.
2. The Christian persecutions started in 60 or 70 A. D., so they could've been arrested then.