Acts 16:24 Parallel Translations

So the jailer followed these orders and put Paul and Silas into solitary confinement with their feet in leg irons.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

BBE:

And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

DBY:

who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.

ERV:

who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

WEY:

He, having received an order like that, lodged them in the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

WBS:

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

WEB:

who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

YLT:

who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

Acts 16:24 Cross References

XREF:

Job 13:27 "You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet,

Job 33:11 'He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.'

Jeremiah 20:2 Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:26 "The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the overseer in the house of the LORD over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

16:24 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 the stocks.

PNT:

16:24 Thrust them into the inner prison. A damp interior cell from which all light was excluded.
The stocks. An instrument of torture as well as confinement. The feet, stretched wide apart, were thrust through holes in a wall of wood, and the prisoner was fastened there.

WES:

16:24 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 painful manner.

MHC:

16:16-24 Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most important truths, when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much mischief is done to the real servants of Christ, by unholy and false preachers of the gospel, who are confounded with them by careless observers. Those who do good by drawing men from sin, may expect to be reviled as troublers of the city. While they teach men to fear God, to believe in Christ, to forsake sin, and to live godly lives, they will be accused of teaching bad customs.

CONC:

Cast Cell Chains Charge Command Fast Fastened Inner Lodged Order Orders Prison Received Secured Stocks Threw Thrust

Cast Cell Charge Command Fast Fastened Feet Inner Lodged Order Orders Prison Received Receiving Secured Stocks Threw Thrust

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