ACTS 16:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:”
After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully — the imprisonment follows beating in a standard progression of Roman justice. The jailer (desmophylax, prison guard) receives explicit orders (diasselomai, to instruct) to keep them secure, suggesting authorities expected escape attempts.
Church Fathers on Acts 16:23
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. Acts 16:22 O the irrational conduct! They did not examine, did not allow them to speak. And yet, such a miracle having taken place, you ought to have worshipped them, ought to have held them as saviors and benefactors. For if money was what ye wished, why, having found so great wealth, did ye not run to it? This makes you more famous, the having power to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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