Acts 16:23

When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

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WEBBE

When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

BSB

And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

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πολλάς pollas Many G4183 τε te then G5037 ἐπιθέντες epithentes having laid G2007 αὐτοῖς autois on them G846 πληγὰς plēgas blows G4127 ἔβαλον ebalon they cast [them] G906 εἰς eis into G1519 φυλακὴν phulakēn prison G5438 παραγγείλαντες parangeilantes having charged G3853 τῷ tō the G3588 δεσμοφύλακι desmophulaki to jailer G1200 ἀσφαλῶς asphalōs strictly G806 τηρεῖν tērein to keep G5083 αὐτούς autous them G846

The early church

"And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison" - great was their wrath - "charging the jailer to keep them safely": "And the magistrates," charging the jailer to keep them safely: that they may be the means of a greater miracle. The stricter the custody, the greater the miracle. It was probably from the wish to cut short the disturbance, that the magistrates did these things; because they saw the crowd urgent, and wished to stay their passion at the instant, therefore they inflicted the stripes: at the same time it was their wish to hear the matter, and that was why they cast them into prison and gave charge "to keep them safely."
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 godly lives, they will be accused of teaching bad customs.

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Cross-references

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Topics

Afflictions And AdversitiesPrisonersScourgingHeresy

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.