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Acts 16:24-25 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verses 24–25
24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. 25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.Acts 16:24-25 · King James Version
Acts 16:24-25 in context
22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26And 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.
27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
- Psalms 119:62
- James 1:2
- Romans 5:3
- 1 Peter 1:6-8
- Philippians 4:4-7
- Psalms 77:6
- Hebrews 5:7
Key words (Strong's)
- prisonersdesmiosbound, in bonds, a captive, a prisonerG1198 →
- receivedlambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- midnightmesonyktionmidnightG3317 →
- praiseshymneōto sing the praise of, sing hymns to, to sing a hymn, to sing, singing of paschal hymns…G5214 →
- chargeparangeliaannouncement, a proclaiming or giving a message to, a charge, a commandG3852 →
- thrustballōto throw or let go of a thing without caring where it falls, to scatter, to throw, cast…G906 →
- prisonphylakēguard, watch, a watching, keeping watch, to keep watch, persons keeping watch, a guard…G5438 →
- prayedproseuchomaito offer prayers, to prayG4336 →
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Paul and his companions, though they were for some time buried in obscurity at Philippi, yet now begin to be taken notice of. I. A damsel that had a spirit of divination caused them to be taken notice of, by proclaiming them to be the servants of God. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-24