"Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks." — Acts 16:24

Acts 16:24 · KJV

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

— Acts 16:24

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

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

Acts 16 — Context

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.

Cross References

Job 13:27

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. {lookest...: Heb. observest} {heels: Heb. roots}

Job 33:11

He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

Jeremiah 29:26

The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man {that is} mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

Jeremiah 38:26

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.

Jeremiah 37:15-16

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.

Psalms 105:18

Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: {he...: Heb. his soul came into iron}

1 Kings 22:27

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.

Lamentations 3:53-55

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.