Acts 16:23

and, laying upon them many stripes, they thrust them into prison, charging the prison-keeper, safely, to be keeping them:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 against them, and, the magistrates, rending off them their mantles, were giving orders to beat them with rods;

24who, a charge like this receiving, thrust them into the inner prison, and, their feet, made he fast in the stocks.

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Cross References

Joshua 4:17So Joshua commanded the priests, saying,—Come ye up out of the Jordan.

Matthew 26:48And, he who was delivering him up, gave them a sign, saying—Whomsoever I shall kiss, he, it is,—secure him.

Luke 21:12And before, all these things, they will thrust upon you their hands, and persecute you, delivering you up into the synagogues and prisons,—when ye have been led away before kings and governors, for the sake of my name;

Acts 5:23Saying—The prison, found we locked with all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors; but, when we had opened the prison, inside, found we, no one.

Acts 9:2asked from him letters for Damascus, unto the synagogues; to the end that, if he should find, any, who were of The Way, whether men or women, he might bring them, bound, unto Jerusalem.

Acts 12:18And, when it became day, there was no small commotion among the soldiers, as to what, then, Peter had become!

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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