23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.


In Context

20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar

21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."

22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.

23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

24 Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Acts 16:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the gaoler to keep them diligently.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:23And having laid many stripes upon them they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:23many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:23And when they had laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: