Acts 16:24

Acts 16:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
• New International Version (NIV)When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Context of Acts 16:24

22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods. 23And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely. On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

Acts 16:24 word by word

ὃς παραγγελίαν τοιαύτην λαβὼν ἔβαλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν ἐσωτέραν φυλακὴν καὶ τοὺς πόδας ἠσφαλίσατο αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ ξύλον.¶Read the interlinear

• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• On receivingλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• ·τοιοῦτοςtoioutos · such as thisG5108
• orderπαραγγελίαparaggelia · orderG3852
• he placedβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• innerἐσωτέρωesōteros · innerG2082
• cellφυλακήphulakē · prison/watch: prisonG5438
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• fastenedἀσφαλίζωasphalizō · to secureG805
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• stocksξύλονxulon · woodG3586

Cross-references for Acts 16:24

• 1 Kings 22:27and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
• Jeremiah 37:15The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
• Jeremiah 38:26then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
• Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
• 2 Chronicles 16:10Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
• Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
• Job 33:11He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
• Psalms 105:18They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
• Jeremiah 20:2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 29:26‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Commentaries on Acts 16:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The inner prison - Probably what we would call the dungeon; the darkest and most secure cell. Made their feet fast in the stocks - The , which we here translate stocks, is supposed to mean two large pieces of wood, pierced with holes like our stocks, and fitted to each other, that, when the legs were in, they could not be drawn out. The holes being pierced at different distances, the legs might be separated or divaricated to a great extent, which must…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Thrust them into the inner prison - Into the most retired and secure part of the prison. The cells in the interior of the prison would be regarded as more safe, being doubtless more protected, and the difficulty of escape would be greater. And made their feet fast in the stocks - Greek: and made their feet secure to wood. The word “stocks,” with us, denotes a machine made of two pieces of timber between which the feet of criminals are placed, and in which…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-24Verses 16-24 Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most important truths, when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much mischief is done to the real servants of Christ, by unholy and false preachers of the gospel, who are confounded with them by careless observers. Those who do good by drawing men from sin, may expect to be reviled as troublers of the city. While they teach men to fear God, to believe in Christ, to forsake sin, and to live…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-24They took all necessary security measures. They wanted to guarantee that Paul and Silas did not escape after they stripped and beat them with wooden rods (see 22:24–26; 2 Corinthians 6:5; 11:23–25). However, as at Christ’s tomb, human efforts could not stop God's intervention (Matthew 27:65).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2423-24. when they had laid many stripes upon them--the bleeding wounds from which they were not washed till it was done by the converted jailer (Ac 16:33). charged the jailer ... who ... thrust them into the inner prison--"pestilential cells, damp and cold, from which the light was excluded, and where the chains rusted on the prisoners. One such place may be seen to this day on the slope of the Capitol at Rome" [Howson].Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 16:24

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Criminals
• Imprisonment
• Malice
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Philippi
• Prison
• Prisoners
• Readings, Select
• Silas
• Stocks

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• Gather
• Gone
• Harm
• James
• Judge
• Light
• Macedonia
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Commentaries on Acts 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings