Acts 16:23
When they had laid many blows upon them, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to keep them securely.
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Joshua 4:17So, Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”
Matthew 26:48Now the man who was going to betray Jesus had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him.”
Luke 21:12But before all of these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you over to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors because of my name.
Acts 5:23“We found the jail securely shut and the guards standing at the door, but when we had opened it, we found no one inside.”
Acts 9:2and asked him for letters for the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 12:18Now when it became day, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers over what had happened to 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 →