Acts 16:24
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Acts 16:24 in other translations
| BSB | On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. |
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| WEB | Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. |
| ASV | who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. |
| YLT | who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks. |
| DARBY | who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks. |
| BBE | And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet. |
| Webster | Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. |
What does Acts 16:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 16:23-24
23-24. 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"…
Barnes' Notes
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 the criminals are placed, and in which they are thus made secure. The account here does not imply necessarily that they were secured precisely in this way, but that they were fastened or secured by the feet, probably by cords, to a piece or beam of wood, so that they could not escape. It is supposed that the legs of the prisoners were bound to large pieces of wood, which not only encumbered them, but which often were so placed as to extend their feet to a considerable distance. In this condition it might be necessary for them to lie on their backs; and if this, as is probable, was on the cold ground, after their severe scourging, their sufferings must have been very great. Yet in the midst of this they sang praises to God.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 16:16-24
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…
Acts 16:24 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 16:24
- Job 13:27
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
- Job 33:11
He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
- Jeremiah 29:26
The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
- Jeremiah 38:26
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.
- Psalms 105:18
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
- Jeremiah 37:15-16
Wherefore 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. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
- 1 Kings 22:27
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
- Jeremiah 20:2-3
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib.
- 2 Chronicles 16:10
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
- Lamentations 3:53-55
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
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Context
- Acts 16:23
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
- Acts 16:24
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
- Acts 16:25
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Acts 16:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El cual, recibido este mandamiento, los metió en la cárcel de más adentro; y les apretó los pies en el cepo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celui-ci, ayant reçu un tel ordre, les jeta dans la prison intérieure et fixa sûrement leurs pieds dans le bois. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Dieser warf sie, als er solchen Befehl empfangen hatte, in das innerste Gefängnis und befestigte ihre Füße in dem Stock. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui cum tale præceptum accepisset, misit eos in interiorem carcerem, et pedes eorum strinxit ligno. |