Acts 16:24

Translations

Modern

On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Traditional

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

Literal

…who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Latin

Qui cum tale præceptum accepisset, misit eos in interiorem carcerem, et pedes eorum strinxit ligno.

Original

Greek

English

On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Notes

Acts 16:22–24

They 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).

Acts 16:13–36

Luke shares stories of three people in Philippi affected by the gospel:

a wealthy woman (16:14–15),
a demon-possessed slave girl exploited for money (16:16–21), and
a middle-ranking officer (16:23–36).

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Philippi Dealing with Conflict The Growth of the Church

Events

Second Missionary Journeyc. AD 46
Paul and Silas imprisonedc. AD 47

Related verses

Job 13:27
You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Job 33:11
He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
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.
Jeremiah 38:26
…then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
Jeremiah 20:2–3
…he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 16:10
Asa 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.
1 Kings 22:27
…and 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 37:15–16
The 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.
Psalm 105:18
They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
Lamentations 3:53–55
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Criminal Law and Punishment Family Life and Relations Lydia (Person) Macedonia Magistrate Paul the Apostle Persecution Philippi Silas Stocks Thyatira Travel

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Resignation in Paul and Silas in Prison Christian Minister: Persecution: Paul Criminals: Confined in Prisons Imprisonment of Paul and Silas Malice: Masters of the Sorcerous Damsel Toward Paul Paul: Persecuted, Beaten, and Cast Into Prison with Silas Paul: Persecutions Endured By Philippi: Paul Preaches In Prison: Cells of Prisoners in Stocks Prisoners: Paul Prisoners: Silas Prisons: Keepers of Often Used Severity Prisons: Persons Confined in Often Fastened in Stocks Prisons: Persons Confined in Often Placed in Dungeons Punishments: Secondary Kinds of Confinement in Stocks Select Readings: Paul and Silas in Prison Silas: Imprisoned with Paul in Philippi Stocks in Prisons The Feet of Criminals: Placed in Stocks

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