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Acts 16:24
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22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes aand commanded them to be beaten with rods.  
23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.
24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

The Philippian Jailer Saved

25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26 aSuddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately ball the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.  
27 And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.
28 But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”
29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.
30 And he brought them out and said, a“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”  
Verse Comparison: Acts 16:24

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American Standard Version
who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

Amplified® Bible
He, having received [so strict a] charge, put them into the inner prison (the dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Contemporary English Version
The jailer did as he was told. He put them deep inside the jail and chained their feet to heavy blocks of wood.

Darby English Version
who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.

Good News Bible
Upon receiving this order, the jailer threw them into the inner cell and fastened their feet between heavy blocks of wood.

International Standard Version
Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons.

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

New American Standard Bible
and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

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

New King James Version
Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Young's Literal Translation
who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

New English Translation
Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell1 and fastened their feet in the stocks.2


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