Acts 16:24

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

Who {G3739}, having received {G2983} such {G5108} a charge {G3852}, thrust {G906} them {G846} into {G1519} the inner {G2082} prison {G5438}, and {G2532} made {G805} their {G846} feet {G4228} fast {G805} in {G1519} the stocks {G3586}.

Upon receiving such an order, he threw them into the inner cell and clamped their feet securely between heavy blocks of wood.

On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

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

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Cross-References

  • Job 33:11 (7 votes)

    He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

  • Job 13:27 (7 votes)

    Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

  • Jeremiah 29:26 (4 votes)

    The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man [that is] mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

  • Jeremiah 38:26 (3 votes)

    Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

  • Jeremiah 20:2 (2 votes)

    Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 20:3 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.

  • Psalms 105:18 (2 votes)

    Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: