Acts 16:23

And having laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them safely:

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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

22And the crowd stood up together against them: and the magistrates tearing off their garments, commanded the lictors to beat them with rods.

24who, having received such a charge, cast them into the interior prison, and fastened their feet into the wood.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:48And the one having betrayed Him gave them a sign, saying, The one whom I shall kiss, is He: hold Him fast.

Luke 21:12And before all of these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you into their synagogues and prisons, led before kings and governors on account of my name.

Acts 5:23saying; We found the prison closed with all safety, and the guards standing at the doors, and having opened, we found no one within.

Acts 9:2asked from him letters to Damascus against the synagogues, in order that if he should find any being of the way, both men and women, he might lead them bound to Jerusalem.

Acts 12:18And it being day, there was no small commotion among the soldiers, as to where Peter then was.

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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