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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.

Context of Acts 16:24

22The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. 23And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• having receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• suchτοιοῦτοςtoioutos · such as thisG5108
• a chargeπαραγγελίαparaggelia · orderG3852
• thrustβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the innerἐσωτέρωesōteros · innerG2082
• prisonφυλακήphulakē · prison/watch: prisonG5438
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• madeἀσφαλίζωasphalizō · to secureG805
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• the stocksξύλονxulon · woodG3586

Cross-references for Acts 16:24

• 1 Kings 22:27and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, until I come in peace."'"
• Jeremiah 37:15And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.
• Jeremiah 38:26then you shall say to them, 'I made a humble plea to the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.'"
• Lamentations 3:53they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;
• 2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.
• Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a limit for the soles of my feet.
• Job 33:11he puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.'
• Psalms 105:18His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron;
• Jeremiah 20:2Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 29:26'The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have charge in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the 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

In the dictionaries

• Dungeon
• Establish
• Gather
• Gone
• Harm
• James
• Judge
• Light
• Macedonia
• Note

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