Acts 16:23
After beating them severely, the Magistrates put them in prison, with orders to the jailer to keep them in safe custody.
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Joshua 4:17Joshua ordered the priests to step up from the Jordan,
Matthew 26:48Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. ‘The man whom I kiss,’ he had said, ‘will be the one; arrest him.’
Luke 21:12Before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you, and they will betray you to synagogues and put you in prison, when you will be brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name.
Acts 5:23while they had found the jail barred securely and the guards posted at the doors, yet, on opening them, they had not found anyone inside.
Acts 9:2and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorising him, if he found there any supporters of the Way, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.
Acts 12:18In the morning there was a great stir among the soldiers – what could have 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 →