Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Acts 16:23

Suffering

21 by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”

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

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

24 On receiving this order, he placed 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.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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 jailor to keep them safely:
WEB
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw 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:
DARBY
And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;
BLB
And having laid many blows on them, they cast [them] into prison, having charged the jailer to keep them securely,
ÅB
og da de hadde gitt dem mange slag, kastet de dem i fengsel, og befalte fangevokteren å passe godt på dem.
OTB
Etter å ha påført dem mange slag, kastet de dem i fengsel, og befalte fangevokteren å vokte dem nøye.
B1930
og da de hadde gitt dem mange slag, kastet de dem i fengsel, og bød fangevokteren å passe godt på dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 2:10

    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

    Read in context

  • 2 Timothy 2:9

    for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

    Read in context

  • 1 Samuel 23:22–23

    Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

    Read in context

  • Matthew 27:63–66

    “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

    Read in context

  • Ephesians 3:1

    For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...

    Read in context

  • Philemon 1:9

    I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

    Read in context

  • Acts 8:3

    But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

    Read in context

  • Acts 5:23

    “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

    Read in context