ACTS 16:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.”
Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks — the jailer obeys carefully, placing them in the innermost cell (megara) for maximum security. The stocks (xylomachia, wooden foot-fastener) prevent movement and add physical agony to imprisonment.
Church Fathers on Acts 16:24
who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. Acts 16:24 Observe, he also again thrust them into the inner prison: and this too was done providentially, because there was to be a great miracle. (Recapitulation.) Out of the city. Acts 16:13 The place was convenient for hearing the word, aloof from troubles and dangers. (b) On the sabbath. As there was no work going on, they were more attentive to what was…
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