Acts 16:23

23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

Acts 16:23 in Other Translations

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

23 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.

23 They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape.

23 After beating them black and blue, they threw them into jail, telling the jailkeeper to put them under heavy guard so there would be no chance of escape.

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

23 After they had hit Paul and Silas many times, they threw them in jail and ordered the jailer to keep them under tight security.

23 After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to keep them securely guarded.

23 They were whipped without mercy. Then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

Acts 16:23 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 16:23

And when they had laid many stripes upon them
Even above measure, as in ( 2 Corinthians 11:35 ) . They cast them into prison;
designing doubtless to inflict some greater punishment upon them, after they had further examined into their affairs: charging the jailer to keep them safely;
suggesting, that he must be answerable for them, should they escape, either through his favour or his negligence; and they might rather give this strict charge, because they perceived that they were uncommon men, possessed of a strange power, which they had exerted in the casting out of the evil spirit, which might come to their knowledge by some means or other; they might look upon them to be a sort of magicians, and therefore were to be narrowly watched, that they did not make use of their art to deliver themselves; however, they judged it necessary to use all the precautions they could, to secure them: some have thought this jailer to be the same with Stephanas, ( 1 Corinthians 1:16 ) but this is not certain, nor very probable.

Acts 16:23 In-Context

21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”

22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.

23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Cross References

• 1. ver 27,36