Acts 16:23

And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely:

In Context

22And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge [them].

24who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.

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Cross References

Joshua 4:17And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

Matthew 26:48Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is: seize him.

Luke 21:12But before all these things they shall lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering [you] up to synagogues and prisons, bringing [you] before kings and governors on account of my name;

Acts 5:23saying, We found the prison shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened [them], within we found no one.

Acts 9:2and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring [them] bound to Jerusalem.

Acts 12:18And when it was day there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, what then was become of Peter.

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:17-25

The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit; Persecution of Philippi. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he… Read the whole commentary →

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