Acts 16:23

After inflicting many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them under close guard.

Text-Critical English NT

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

22The crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their garments off them and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

24When he received this order, he put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:48Now his betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, he is the one; arrest him.”

Luke 21:12But before all these things take place, they will arrest you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

Acts 5:23“We found the prison locked up in complete security and the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened the doors, we found no one inside.”

Acts 9:2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them to Jerusalem as prisoners.

Acts 12:18When daybreak came, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what had 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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