Acts 16:23

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Summary

Acts 16:23

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

They cast

To keep

Matthew 27:63

General references

Deuteronomy 25:2

Acts 5:18

Bible References

They cast

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of My name.

For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,

I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.

I appeal to you, instead, on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an elderly man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus,

I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus.

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

To keep

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

At daylight, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

Go and check again. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there; they tell me he is extremely cunning.

His betrayer had given them a sign: “The One I kiss, He’s the One; arrest Him!”

and said, “Sir, we remember that while this deceiver was still alive He said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

General references

If the guilty party deserves to be flogged, the judge will make him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate for his crime.

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.