Acts 16:23

And having inflicted klop after klop upon these Jewish men, they threw Rav Sha'ul and Sila into the beis hasohar, giving orders to the soher to guard them securely.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 multitude rose up together keneged Rav Sha'ul and Sila; and the chief magistrates, having torn off the kaftans of Moshiachʼs Shlichim, were giving orders to beat them.

24And the soher, having received such an order, threw them into the inner beis hasohar, and he fastened their feet in the stock. + 16:24 Job 13:27; 33:11; Jer 20:2,3; 29:26

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Cross References

Joshua 4:17Yehoshua therefore commanded the Kohanim, saying, Come ye up out of the Yarden.

Matthew 26:48Now the betrayer had given them a signal, saying, Whomever I may give the neshikah (kiss), he is the one. Chap (grab) him!

Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and bring redifot (persecutions) on you, handing you over to the shuls and the batei hasohar (prisons), being led away before melachim (kings) and moshelim (governors) because of my Name (Yehoshua, Yeshua).

Acts 5:23Saying, We found the beis hasohar locked tight and the shomrim standing at the doors; but when we opened up, we found no one inside.

Acts 9:2Requested from him iggrot of reshus (authorization) to the shuls of Damascus, that if someone he should find being mishtatef (involved) in HaDerech, + 9:2 Hashem both anashim and nashim, he may lead them bound to Yerushalayim. + 9:2 Isa 17:1; Jer 49:23

Acts 12:18Now when it was boker, there was not a little commotion among the chaiyalim as to what had become of Kefa.

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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