Acts 16:23

and, after severely flogging them, they threw them into jail and bade the jailer keep them safely.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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, too, joined in the outcry against them, till at length the praetors ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods;

24He, having received an order like that, lodged them in the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:48Now the betrayer had agreed upon a sign with them, to direct them. He had said, "The one whom I kiss is the man: lay hold of him."

Luke 21:12"But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

Acts 5:23saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders were on guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there."

Acts 9:2went to the High Priest and begged from him letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, in order that if he found any believers there, either men or women, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

Acts 12:18When morning came, there was no little commotion among the soldiers, as to what could possibly have 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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