Acts 16:24

who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

In Context

23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

Job 33:11He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

Jeremiah 20:2Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 37:15And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

Lamentations 3:53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

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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