Acts 16:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 of the prison. Only here and verses: Acts 16:27; Acts 16:36.

keep. Greek. tereo. Compare Acts 12:5; Acts 12:6.

safely. Greek. asphalos. See note on Mark 14:44.

Acts 16:23

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