Acts 16:23

²¹ And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

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

²⁴ Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

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
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
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2 Timothy 2:9
Where in I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
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1 Samuel 23:22–23
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
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Matthew 27:63–66
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
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Ephesians 3:1
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
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Philemon 1:9
Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
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Acts 8:3
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
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Acts 5:23
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
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