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Acts 16:24

Suffering

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

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

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.

26 Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

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BSB
On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
KJV
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
WEB
Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
ASV
who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
DARBY
who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.
BLB
who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
ÅB
Da han hadde fått dette bud, kastet han dem i det innerste fangerom og satte deres føtter fast i stokken.
OTB
Etter å ha mottatt slike ordre, satte han dem i den innerste cellen og festet føttene deres i stokkene.
B1930
Da han hadde fått dette bud, kastet han dem i det innerste fangerum og satte deres føtter fast i stokken.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • Job 33:11

    He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’

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  • 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.

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  • 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.’”

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  • Psalms 105:18

    They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

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  • 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.

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  • 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.’”

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  • 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.

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