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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/acts/16.htm">New International Version</a> When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/nlt/acts/16.htm">New Living Translation</a> So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks. <a href="/esv/acts/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/bsb/acts/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/blb/acts/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/kjv/acts/16.htm">King James Bible</a> Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. <a href="/nkjv/acts/16.htm">New King James Version</a> Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/nasb_/acts/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/nasb/acts/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/nasb77/acts/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/lsb/acts/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/amp/acts/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He, having received such a [strict] command, threw them into the inner prison (dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks [in an agonizing position]. <a href="/csb/acts/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. <a href="/hcsb/acts/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. <a href="/asv/acts/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. <a href="/cev/acts/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The jailer did as he was told. He put them deep inside the jail and chained their feet to heavy blocks of wood. <a href="/erv/acts/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. <a href="/gwt/acts/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So the jailer followed these orders and put Paul and Silas into solitary confinement with their feet in leg irons. <a href="/gnt/acts/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> Upon receiving this order, the jailer threw them into the inner cell and fastened their feet between heavy blocks of wood. <a href="/isv/acts/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons. <a href="/msb/acts/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/net/acts/16.htm">NET Bible</a> Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/nheb/acts/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. <a href="/wbt/acts/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. <a href="/wey/acts/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He, having received an order like that, lodged them in the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. <a href="/web/acts/16.htm">World English Bible</a> Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> who having received such a charge, put them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/blb/acts/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/ylt/acts/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks. <a href="/slt/acts/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Who, having received such an order, cast them into the inner prison, and placed their feet firmly in wood.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. <a href="/cpdv/acts/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And since he had received this kind of order, he cast them into the interior prison cell, and he restricted their feet with stocks. <a href="/nabre/acts/16.htm">New American Bible</a> When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and secured their feet to a stake. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> He, having received the charge, brought them in and put them into the inner chamber of the prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/16.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But when he had received this order, he brought them and shut them up in the inner room of the prison and bound their feet in the stocks.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/16.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.<CM> <a href="/godbey/acts/16.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> who, having received such a charge, cast them into the interior prison, and fastened their feet into the wood. <a href="/haweis/acts/16.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> who, receiving such an injunction, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. <a href="/mace/acts/16.htm">Mace New Testament</a> in consequence of this order he thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. <a href="/wey/acts/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He, having received an order like that, lodged them in the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. <a href="/worrell/acts/16.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. <a href="/worsley/acts/16.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/parallel/acts/16-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=5405" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/16.htm">Paul and Silas Imprisoned</a> …23And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely. 24<a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hos (RelPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/2983.htm" title="2983: labōn (V-APA-NMS) -- (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. ">On receiving</a> <a href="/greek/5108.htm" title="5108: toiautēn (DPro-AFS) -- (including the other inflections); from toi and houtos; truly this, i.e. Of this sort (to denote character or individuality).">this</a> <a href="/greek/3852.htm" title="3852: parangelian (N-AFS) -- A command, charge, injunction; a precept, rule of living. From paraggello; a mandate.">order,</a> <a href="/greek/906.htm" title="906: ebalen (V-AIA-3S) -- (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.">he placed</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autous (PPro-AM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">them</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2082.htm" title="2082: esōteran (Adj-AFS-C) -- Inner; with the article: the part that is within. Comparative of eso; interior.">inner</a> <a href="/greek/5438.htm" title="5438: phylakēn (N-AFS) -- From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively.">cell</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/805.htm" title="805: ēsphalisato (V-AIM-3S) -- To make safe (secure, fast). From asphales; to render secure.">fastened</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4228.htm" title="4228: podas (N-AMP) -- The foot. A primary word; a foot.">feet</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3586.htm" title="3586: xylon (N-ANS) -- From another form of the base of xestes; timber; by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance.">stocks.</a> 25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/5-18.htm">Acts 5:18-19</a> and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. / But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying, <a href="/acts/12-4.htm">Acts 12:4-7</a> He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover. / So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him. / On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23</a> Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. <a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10-12</a> Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. <a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36</a> Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. <a href="/revelation/2-10.htm">Revelation 2:10</a> Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. <a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2</a> 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. <a href="/genesis/39-20.htm">Genesis 39:20-21</a> So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison, / the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. <a href="/psalms/105-18.htm">Psalm 105:18</a> They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, <a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">Isaiah 42:7</a> to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house. <a href="/1_peter/4-14.htm">1 Peter 4:14-16</a> If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. / Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler. / But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name. <a href="/luke/21-12.htm">Luke 21:12</a> But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors. <a href="/2_timothy/2-9.htm">2 Timothy 2:9</a> for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained! <a href="/john/15-20.htm">John 15:20</a> Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. <a href="/1_kings/22-27.htm">1 Kings 22:27</a> 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.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.the inner.<a href="/1_kings/22-27.htm">1 Kings 22:27</a> And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.<a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm">Jeremiah 37:15,16</a> Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison… <a href="/jeremiah/38-26.htm">Jeremiah 38:26</a> Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.and made.<a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm">2 Chronicles 16:10</a> Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.<a href="/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27</a> Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.<a href="/job/33-11.htm">Job 33:11</a> He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/16-23.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/acts/12-7.htm">Cell</a> <a href="/acts/16-23.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/acts/16-18.htm">Command</a> <a href="/acts/14-22.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/acts/13-9.htm">Fastened</a> <a href="/acts/15-7.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/luke/12-3.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/acts/12-4.htm">Lodged</a> <a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Order</a> <a href="/acts/16-23.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/acts/16-23.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/acts/15-33.htm">Received</a> <a href="/acts/8-17.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/acts/12-20.htm">Secured</a> <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Stocks</a> <a href="/acts/16-23.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/acts/13-46.htm">Thrust</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/16-37.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-16.htm">Cell</a> <a href="/acts/22-30.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/acts/17-15.htm">Command</a> <a href="/acts/27-9.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/acts/28-3.htm">Fastened</a> <a href="/acts/16-29.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/romans/7-22.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/acts/18-3.htm">Lodged</a> <a href="/acts/16-35.htm">Order</a> <a href="/acts/16-36.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/acts/16-26.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/acts/17-7.htm">Received</a> <a href="/acts/17-11.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/acts/21-33.htm">Secured</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm">Stocks</a> <a href="/acts/20-10.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/acts/16-37.htm">Thrust</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 16</div>1. <a href="/acts/16-1.htm">Paul and Silas are Joined by Timothy,</a> 7. <a href="/acts/16-7.htm">and being called by the Spirit from one country to another,</a> 14. <a href="/acts/16-14.htm">convert Lydia,</a> 16. <a href="/acts/16-16.htm">and cast out a spirit of divination;</a> 19. <a href="/acts/16-19.htm">for which cause they are whipped and imprisoned.</a> 25. <a href="/acts/16-25.htm">The prison doors are opened.</a> 31. <a href="/acts/16-31.htm">The jailor is converted,</a> 35. <a href="/acts/16-35.htm">and they are delivered.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>On receiving this order The jailer received a direct command from the magistrates, indicating the seriousness of the situation. In Roman culture, orders from authorities were to be followed without question, reflecting the strict hierarchical structure of Roman society. This command underscores the perceived threat Paul and Silas posed to the public order, as they were accused of causing an uproar in Philippi.he placed them in the inner cell The inner cell was the most secure part of the prison, often reserved for the most dangerous criminals. This placement highlights the severity with which Paul and Silas were treated, despite their peaceful mission. The inner cell was likely dark, damp, and isolated, symbolizing the spiritual darkness and bondage from which they were delivering others through the Gospel. This setting also foreshadows the miraculous events that would soon occur, demonstrating God's power to liberate both physically and spiritually.and fastened their feet in the stocks Stocks were a form of torture and restraint, designed to inflict pain and prevent escape. This treatment reflects the hostility faced by early Christians and the lengths to which authorities would go to suppress the spread of Christianity. The use of stocks also connects to the theme of suffering for Christ, as seen in other parts of the New Testament, such as <a href="/2_timothy/2-9.htm">2 Timothy 2:9</a>, where Paul speaks of enduring hardship for the sake of the Gospel. This act of binding contrasts with the spiritual freedom offered through faith in Jesus Christ, emphasizing the paradox of physical imprisonment and spiritual liberation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_and_silas.htm">Paul and Silas</a> Two key figures in the early Christian church, missionaries spreading the Gospel. They were imprisoned for casting out a spirit from a slave girl, which angered her owners. 2. <a href="/topical/p/philippian_jailor.htm">Philippian Jailor</a> The individual responsible for guarding Paul and Silas. He followed orders to secure them in the inner cell and fasten their feet in stocks. 3. <a href="/topical/p/philippi.htm">Philippi</a> A Roman colony in Macedonia where this event took place. It was a significant location for early Christian missionary work. 4. <a href="/topical/i/inner_cell.htm">Inner Cell</a> The most secure part of the prison, indicating the severity of the punishment and the perceived threat of Paul and Silas. 5. <a href="/topical/s/stocks.htm">Stocks</a> A form of restraint used to immobilize prisoners, causing discomfort and humiliation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_persecution.htm">Perseverance in Persecution</a> Paul and Silas demonstrate steadfast faith despite unjust treatment. Believers are encouraged to remain faithful in trials, trusting God's purpose. <a href="/topical/j/joy_in_suffering.htm">Joy in Suffering</a> Later in <a href="/bsb/acts/16.htm">Acts 16</a>, Paul and Silas sing hymns in prison. This teaches that joy is not dependent on circumstances but on one's relationship with God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> The imprisonment leads to the conversion of the jailor and his family, illustrating how God can use difficult situations for His glory and the spread of the Gospel. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_witness.htm">Community and Witness</a> The response of Paul and Silas impacts those around them, showing the power of a faithful witness in adversity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 16</a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_appear_to_12_or_11_disciples.htm">How many disciples did Jesus appear to after his resurrection: Twelve (1 Cor 15:5) or Eleven (Matt 27:3-5; Acts 1:9-26; Matt 28:16; Mark 16:14; Luke 24:9, 33)?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_the_quake_free_prisoners_unharmed.htm">In Acts 16:22-26, how could an earthquake open all the prison doors and unfasten everyone's chains without inflicting any apparent damage or injury?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_peter_escape_unnoticed_in_acts_12.htm">In Acts 12:7-10, how can the chains supernaturally fall off Peter's wrists and prison doors open on their own without any guards noticing?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_women's_role_in_the_bible.htm">How do trials test and strengthen your faith?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) 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 foulness of the den into which Paul and his friend were now thrust: the dark cavern-like cell, below the ground, the damp and reeking walls, the companionship of the vilest outcasts. And, as if this were not enough, they were fastened in the "stocks." St. Luke uses the Greek term xylon, the same as is used sometimes for the cross (<a href="/acts/5-30.htm" title="The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a tree.">Acts 5:30</a>; <a href="/acts/13-29.htm" title="And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher.">Acts 13:29</a>). The technical Latin word was nervus. Like the English stocks, it was a wooden frame with five holes, into which head and feet and arms were thrust, and the prisoner left in an attitude of "little-ease." Here, however, it would seem, the feet only were fastened, the rest of the body being left lying on the ground. If the Received version of <a href="/job/13-27.htm" title="You put my feet also in the stocks, and look narrowly to all my paths; you set a print on the heels of my feet.">Job 13:27</a>; <a href="/job/33-11.htm" title="He puts my feet in the stocks, he marks all my paths.">Job 33:11</a>, which follows the LXX. and the Vulgate, be correct, the punishment was common at a very early period in the East. (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm" title="The LORD has made you priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that you should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in prison, and in the stocks.">Jeremiah 29:26</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 24. - Cast for thrust, A.V. In the stocks; Greek τὸ ξύλον, sometimes called ξυλοπέδη. The ξύλον was of different forms, and used as a punishment. Sometimes it was a kind of heavy wooden collar put on the neck of a prisoner, whence the phrase, Χύλῳ φιμοῦν τὴν αὐχένα (Aristoph., 'Nubes,' 592)," To make fast his neck in the pillory." Sometimes it was what Aristophanes calls πεντεσύριγγον ξύλον, "stocks with five holes," two for the feet, two for the hands, and one for the neck. Here, as in <a href="/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27</a> (where the LXX. word is ἐν κυλύματι, Hebrew סֵד, a stake, or log), it is simply" the stocks." Thus Paul and Silas, first stripped and 1,catch, then put in the inner prison, and further made fast in the stocks, were treated with the utmost possible rigour and severity. See St. Paul's vivid reminiscence of the outrage (<a href="/1_thessalonians/2-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:2</a>, ὑβρισθέντες). <a href="/commentaries/acts/16-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>On receiving λαβὼν (labōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. [this] τοιαύτην (toiautēn) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5108.htm">Strong's 5108: </a> (including the other inflections); from toi and houtos; truly this, i.e. Of this sort (to denote character or individuality). order, παραγγελίαν (parangelian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3852.htm">Strong's 3852: </a> A command, charge, injunction; a precept, rule of living. From paraggello; a mandate. he placed ἔβαλεν (ebalen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_906.htm">Strong's 906: </a> (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw. them αὐτοὺς (autous) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. in εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. inner ἐσωτέραν (esōteran) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular - Comparative <a href="/greek/strongs_2082.htm">Strong's 2082: </a> Inner; with the article: the part that is within. Comparative of eso; interior. cell φυλακὴν (phylakēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5438.htm">Strong's 5438: </a> From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. fastened ἠσφαλίσατο (ēsphalisato) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_805.htm">Strong's 805: </a> To make safe (secure, fast). From asphales; to render secure. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. feet πόδας (podas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4228.htm">Strong's 4228: </a> The foot. A primary word; a 'foot'. in εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. stocks. ξύλον (xylon) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3586.htm">Strong's 3586: </a> From another form of the base of xestes; timber; by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/16-24.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 16:24 Who having received such a command threw (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/16-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 16:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 16:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/16-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 16:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 16:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>