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Andτεafter layingἐπιθέντεςmanyπολλάςblowsπληγὰςon them,αὐτοῖςthey threw themἔβαλονintoεἰςprison,φυλακήνorderingπαραγγείλαντεςthe jailerτῷ δεσμοφύλακιto guardτηρεῖνthemαὐτούςsecurely.ἀσφαλῶς
Acts 16:23
Study it in the app“And after laying many blows on them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to guard them securely.”
Beaten and jailed, Paul and Silas sing hymns at midnightJoy and thanks
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:23, word by word
- after layingἐπιθέντεςepithentes
put on
To load something on someone, like a burden.
Where else “epithentes” appears- manyπολλάςpollas
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pollas” appears- blowsπληγὰςplēgas
blow
The mark or harm a blow or a whip leaves on the body.
Where else “plēgas” appears- they threw themἔβαλονebalon
throw
To hurl something or someone away from oneself.
Where else “ebalon” appears- prisonφυλακήνphylakēn
prison
The place where prisoners are shut in.
Where else “phylakēn” appears- orderingπαραγγείλαντεςparangeilantes
command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
Where else “parangeilantes” appears- the jailerδεσμοφύλακιdesmophylaki
jailer
Jailer.
Where else “desmophylaki” appears- to guardτηρεῖνtērein
guard
To protect, watch over, or set aside for later.
Where else “tērein” appears- securelyἀσφαλῶςasphalōs
securely
Without chance of escape, well watched.
Where else “asphalōs” appears
The context
22And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
23 · This verse (above)
24He, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
To study Acts 16 in a group
1. What it says
What do Paul and Silas do at midnight in prison, and what happens afterward? (vv. 25-26)
2. What it means
Why does the jailer ask what he must do, and how do Paul and Silas answer him? (vv. 27-31)
3. How I live it
Paul and Silas prayed and sang on a very hard night (v. 25). What gives you courage when you go through a night like that?