Acts 16:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Acts 16:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when they had laid many stripes on them - The Jews were by law prohibited from inflicting more than 40 stripes, and usually inflicted but 39, 2 Corinthians 11:24 . But there was no such law...
Acts 16:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Imprisonment of Paul and Silas. The Prison Broken. The rulers ( Acts 16:19 ) are the heads of police; they are afterwards called Strategi, which answers to the Roman Prœ tores. Philippi was a c...
Acts 16:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stripes . Greek. plege. Four times translated "wound", five times "stripe", and twelve times "plague". charging . Same as "command" in Acts 16:18 . jailor . Greek. desmophulax, i.e. keeper...
Acts 16:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 23. That he should keep them safe. Whereas the magistrates command that Paul and Silas should be kept so diligently, it was done to this end, that they might know more of the matter. For t...
Acts 16:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Laid many stripes upon them - The Jews never gave more than thirty-nine stripes t...
Acts 16:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: And when they had laid many stripes upon them - the bleeding wounds from wh...
Acts 16:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul in Europe 1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated the lad in the religion of Israel,...
Acts 16:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And when they had laid many stripes upon them. — The words imply a punishment of more than usual severity, such as would leave their backs lacerated and bleeding. So in 1 Thessalonians 2:2 , St. P...
Acts 16:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Welcomed; Attested; Imprisoned Acts 16:14-24 This was an epoch-making moment, but how quietly it is recorded. There was no heralding of the gospel which was to transform Europe. The need for it...
Acts 16:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with...
Acts 16:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, (20) And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These...
Acts 16:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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,...
Acts 16:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Ver. 23. Laid many stripes ] These were those marks of the Lord Jesus which t...
Acts 16:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the multitude rose up against them Excited and inflamed by these accusations; and the magistrates Or the pretors; rent off their clothes That is, the clothes of Paul and Silas; for such was...
Acts 16:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visi...
Acts 16:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit; Persecution of Philippi. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed...
Acts 16:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Laid many stripes upon them; partly by the lictors or executioners, and partly by the furious rabble. The jailer; this jailer's name (of whose conversion we read hereafter) was Stephanas, as may...
Acts 16:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ministry in Philippi From the House of Lydia (16:12b-40). The arrival in Europe was clearly seen by Luke as very important. He illustrates the successful ministry there by a threefold description...
Acts 16:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 16:19 . The rulers, ἄρχοντες, were the town magistrates ( Luke 12:58 ). Acts 16:20 . The magistrates , στρατηγοί, were the two chief civic authorities (dunmviri) in a R...
Acts 16:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 16:9 . And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. Our dreams often follow the leading thoughts...
Acts 16:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:1 . Then came he to Lystra, as in Acts 14:6 . In their former labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timoth...
Acts 16:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

A certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination. The Pythoness The words, literally, are as in the margin, a spirit of Python, or, as some MSS. give it, a Python spirit. The Python was t...
Acts 16:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 16:1 And he came also for then came he, A.V. and T.R.; to Lystra for Lystra, A.V. ; Timothy for Timotheus, A.V. ; of a Jewess for of a certain woman which was...
Acts 16:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul and Silas imprisoned:
Acts 16:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 23:22 ; 1 Samuel 23:23 ; 2 Timothy 2:9 ; Acts 12:18 ; Acts 12:4 ; Acts 5:18 ; Acts 5:23 ; Acts 8:3 ; Acts 9:2 ; Ephesians 3:1 ; Ephesians 4:1 ; Luke 21:12 ; Matthew 26:48 ; Mat...
Acts 16:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They laid many stripes upon them — Either they did not immediately say they were Romans, or in the tumult it was not regarded. Charging the jailer — Perhaps rather to quiet the people than because...

Acts 16:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 16:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 16:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 16:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 16:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 16:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 16:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 16:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 16:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 16:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 16:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 16:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 16:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 16:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 16:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 16:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 16:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 16:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 16:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes