Acts 16:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Acts 16:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thrust them into the inner prison - Into the most retired and secure part of the prison. The cells in the interior of the prison would be regarded as more safe, being doubtless more protected, an...
Acts 16:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet (h) fast in the stocks. (h) Because he wanted to be more sure that they did not escape, he set them fast in...
Acts 16:24 - 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 16:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thrust . cast, as Acts 16:23 . inner . Greek. esoteros. Comparative of eso, within. Only here and Hebrews 6:19 . made... fast . made safe. Greek. asphalizo. Only here and Matthew 27:64-...
Acts 16:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. The inner prison - Probably what we would call the dungeon; the darkest and most secure...
Acts 16:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Made their feet fast in the stocks,— It is generally supposed that these were the cippi, or large pieces of wood used among the Romans, which not only loaded the legs of prisoner's, but sometimes...
Acts 16:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison - pestilen...
Acts 16:24 - 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 16:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thrust them into the inner prison. — Those who have seen anything of the prisons of the Roman empire, as, e.g., the Mamertine dungeon at Rome itself, can picture to themselves the darkness and fo...
Acts 16:24 - 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 16:24 - 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 16:24 - 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 16:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who having received such a charge ,.... So strict an one from the magistrates, was doubly careful and diligent: thrust them into the inner prison : the innermost part of it, the lowest or furthest...
Acts 16:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. Ver. 24. Fast in the stocks ] The word το ξυλον signifieth such a pair of stocks, as...
Acts 16:24 - 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 16:24 - 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 16:24 - 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 16:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thus they dealt with Joseph, Genesis 39:20 , compared with Psalms 105:18 , and with Jeremiah, and with John Baptist. Sanctorum sors est, et non moleste ferenda.
Acts 16:24 - 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 16:24 - 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 16:24 - 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 16:24 - 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 16:24 - 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 16:24 - 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 16:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul and Silas imprisoned:
Acts 16:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:27 ; 2 Chronicles 16:10 ; Jeremiah 20:2 ; Jeremiah 29:26 ; Jeremiah 37:15 ; Jeremiah 37:16 ; Jeremiah 38:26 ; Job 13:27 ; Job 33:11 ; Lamentations 3:53-55 ; Psalms 105:18
Acts 16:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Secured their feet in the stocks — These were probably those large pieces of wood, in use among the Romans, which not only loaded the legs of the prisoner, but also kept them extended in a very pai...

Acts 16:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 16:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 16:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 16:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 16:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 16:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 16:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 16:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 16:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 16:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 16:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 16:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 16:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 16:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 16:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 16:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 16:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 16:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 16:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 16:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 16:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes