Acts 16:23
“And when they had layed many stripes vpon them, they cast them into prison, charging the Iaylour to keepe them safely.”
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Acts 16:23 Context
21And teach customes which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, being Romanes. 22And the multitude rose vp together against them, and the Magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beate them. 23And when they had layed many stripes vpon them, they cast them into prison, charging the Iaylour to keepe them safely. 24Who hauing receiued such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, & made their feet fast in the stockes. 25¶ And at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises vnto God: and the prisoners heard them.
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Other Translations for Acts 16:23
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
- King James Version
When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
- Basic English Bible
And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;
- Darby Bible
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.
- Webster's Bible
and, after severely flogging them, they threw them into jail and bade the jailer keep them safely.
- Weymouth Bible
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
- World English Bible
And whanne thei hadden youun to hem many woundis, thei senten hem into prisoun, and comaundiden to the kepere, that he schulde kepe hem diligentli.
- Wycliffe Bible
many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 16:23
16:23 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 they thought them criminal.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 16:23
Ac 16:23 Laid many stripes upon them. Moses mercifully restricted the number of stripes (De 25:3); hence, Paul says: "Five times I received of the Jews forty stripes, save one" (2Co 11:24). With the Romans there was no such restriction.