Acts 16:24 — Meaning and Application

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

Acts 16:24

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And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat {them}.

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

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

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

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Acts 16:1

"Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father {was} a Greek:"

Acts 16:2

"Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium."

Acts 16:3

"Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek."

Acts 16:4

"And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem."

Acts 16:5

"And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily."

Acts 16:6

"Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,"

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