George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Acts 16:24
Made their feet fast in the stocks. By the Latin and Greek text, they made them fast with wood. (Witham)
Made their feet fast in the stocks. By the Latin and Greek text, they made them fast with wood. (Witham)
Verse Acts 16:24. _THE INNER PRISON_] Probably what we would call the _dungeon_; the darkest and most secure cell. _MADE THEIR FEET FAST IN THE STOCKS._] The το ξυλον, which we here translate _stock...
THRUST THEM INTO THE INNER PRISON - Into the most retired and secure part of the prison. The cells in the interior of the prison would be regarded as more safe, being doubtless more protected, and the...
CHAPTER 16 _ 1. In Derbe and Lystra again. Timotheus (Acts 16:1)._ 2. The Preaching forbidden in Asia (Acts 16:6). 3. The Vision of the Man from Macedonia (Acts 16:9). 4. The Gospel in Europe ...
IMPRISONMENT OF PAUL AND SILAS. THE PRISON BROKEN. The rulers (Acts 16:19) are the heads of police; they are afterwards called _Strategi, which_ answers to the Roman _Prœ tores._ Philippi was a colony...
A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
When we were on our way to the place of prayer.. it happened that a certain slave-girl who had a spirit which made her able to give oracles met us. By her soothsaying she provided much gain for her ow...
THRUST. cast, as Acts 16:23. INNER. Greek. _esoteros._ Comparative of _eso,_ within. Only here and Hebrews 6:19. MADE... FAST. made safe. Greek. _asphalizo._ Only here and Matthew 27:64....
_the inner prison_ Necessarily a place dark and without ventilation, and hence foul and loathsome; perhaps underground, like the Tullianum at Rome (Varr. _L. L_. v. § 161; Lev. 29:22). _their feet fas...
PREACHING ON THE SABBATH AT PHILIPPI. CONVERSION AND BAPTISM OF LYDIA. A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION CAST OUT BY ST PAUL. ANGER OF THOSE WHO MADE GAIN THEREBY. PAUL AND SILAS ARE SEIZED, BROUGHT BEFORE THE A...
ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ἘΣΩΤΈΡΑΝ ΦΥΛΑΚΉΝ, _into the inner prison_. Necessarily a place dark and without ventilation, and hence foul and loathsome, perhaps underground, like the Tullianum at Rome (Varr. _L. L._ 5. § 1...
_THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILER IN PHILIPPI ACTS 16:16-40:_ At a place of prayer in Philippi Paul and Silas came across a girl that had a spirit of divination. Her masters made a lot of money from her p...
ΠΑΡΑΓΓΕΛΊΑ (G126) приказ, повеление. ΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) принимать, ΕΣΏΤΕΡΟΣ (G2082) внутренний. _Сотр._, возможно, используется в _знач._ superl. — "самый потаенный...
MADE THEIR FEET FAST IN THE STOCKS,— It is generally supposed that these were the _cippi,_ or large pieces of wood used among the Romans, which not only loaded the legs of prisoner's, but sometimes di...
AT PHILLIPPI. Acts 16:12-40 a. A description of Philippi. Acts 16:12. Acts 16:12 and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in...
See notes on verse 22...
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. WHO, HAVING RECEIVED SUCH A CHARGE, THRUST THEM INTO THE INNER PRISON - pestilential...
19 This is the first occasion in which the evangel comes into conflict with the religion of the nations and with the spirit powers back of it. Hitherto the Jews and Judaism opposed the evangel. At Lys...
ST. PAUL IN EUROPE 1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated the lad in the religion of Israel, tho...
Journey into Europe, Philippi. 6. RV 'And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia.' At Lystra (Acts 16:6) they received a...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 TIMOTHY WORKS WITH PAUL AND SILAS, 16:1-5 V1 Paul went to Derbe and then he went to Lystra. A *Christian called Timothy lived there. Timothy...
THRUST THEM INTO THE INNER PRISON. — Those who have seen anything of the prisons of the Roman empire, as, _e.g.,_ the Mamertine dungeon at Rome itself, can picture to themselves the darkness and fouln...
ἐσωτέραν : comparative for superlative, as often in N.T. (Blass). Not necessarily underground, but a part of the prison which would have been further from such light and air as could be had. τὸ ξύλον,...
WELCOMED; ATTESTED; IMPRISONED Acts 16:14 This was an epoch-making moment, but how quietly it is recorded. There was no heralding of the gospel which was to transform Europe. The need for it was uns...
Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with i...
Paul and Silas Imprisoned Luke reported that the group went for prayer, possibly daily. A slave girl who was demon possessed followed them crying out, "These men are the servants of the Most High God,...
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet (h) fast in the stocks. (h) Because he wanted to be more sure that they did not escape, he set them fast in...
After the demon has evacuated the damsel, she has no more power to tell fortunes and practice divination than any other person. Consequently, her owners, seeing that they can get no more money for her...
To put a final quietus to all the trouble, they cast Paul and Silas into the deep, dark dungeon of their cruel, filthy old prison, with their lacerated, bleeding backs down on the cold, stone floor, a...
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, (20) And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
There is perhaps no example of this more remarkable than that which Paul does with regard to Timothy. He uses circumcision in all liberty to set aside Jewish prejudice. It is very doubtful whether, ac...
WHO HAVING RECEIVED SUCH A CHARGE,.... So strict an one from the magistrates, was doubly careful and diligent: THRUST THEM INTO THE INNER PRISON: the innermost part of it, the lowest or furthest part...
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. Ver. 24. _Fast in the stocks_] The word το ξυλον signifieth such a pair of stocks, as wh...
_And the multitude rose up against them_ Excited and inflamed by these accusations; _and the magistrates_ Or the pretors; _rent off their clothes_ That is, the clothes of Paul and Silas; for such was...
THE INNER PRISON; from which it would be most difficult to escape. STOCKS; wooden frames in which their feet were fastened....
Paul and Silas imprisoned:...
WHO, HAVING RECEIVED SUCH A CHARGE, THRUST THEM INTO THE INNER PRISON, AND MADE THEIR FEET FAST IN THE STOCKS. When the evil spirit went out of the slave-girl, the hope of gain of her masters also wen...
Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visit...
HAVING RECEIVED SUCH A CHARGE, HE PUT THEM INTO THE INNER PRISON AND FASTENED THEIR FEET IN THE STOCKS. 1. The inner prison means that there were multiple walls, doors, gates that had to be overcome...
"who, having received such. charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks" In response to the command from the magistrates, the jailer places Paul and Silas into what...
16-24 Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most important truths, when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much mischief is done to the real servants of Christ, by unholy and false p...
Thus they dealt with Joseph, GENESIS 39:20, compared with PSALMS 105:18, and with Jeremiah, and with John Baptist. _Sanctorum sors est, et non moleste ferenda._...
Acts 16:24 G3739 received G2983 (G5761) such G5108 charge G3852 put G906 (G5627) them G846 into...
‘And when they had laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely, who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their f...
ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT LEAD TO ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH IN PHILIPPI (16:19-34). But the problem was that what he had done would hit at men's pockets. They did not care about the girl herself, they had...
MINISTRY IN PHILIPPI FROM THE HOUSE OF LYDIA (16:12B-40). The arrival in Europe was clearly seen by Luke as very important. He illustrates the successful ministry there by a threefold description of P...
Acts 16:24. THRUST THEM INTO THE INNER PRISON, AND MADE THEIR FEET FAST IN THE STOCKS. In a Roman prison there were usually three distinct parts (1) the communiora, where the prisoners light and fresh...
INTO THE INNER PRISON (εις την εσωτεραν φυλακην). The comparative form from the adverb εσω (within), Ionic and old Attic for εισω. In the LXX, but in the N.T. only here and Hebrews 6:19. The Roman p...
Acts 16:9. _And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us._ Our dreams often follow the leading thoughts of...
CONTENTS: Paul finds Timothy. Paul's Macedonian vision. The first convert in Europe. Demons cast out of a damsel. Paul and Silas beaten. Conversion of the Philippian jailer. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
Acts 16:1. _Then came he to Lystra,_ as in Acts 14:6. In their former labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timothy gro...
AFTER A SEVERE BEATING. The Law of Moses regulated whipping (Deuteronomy 25:3; 2 Corinthians 11:24). Romans had no such restriction. THE INNER CELL. A damp cell, with no source of light, used for "sol...
_A certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination._ THE PYTHONESS The words, literally, are as in the margin, a spirit of Python, or, as some MSS. give it, a Python spirit. The Python was the s...
_And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone._ APOSTOLIC DUTY AND VICISSITUDES I. Christ’s servants will use whatever power they possess to set the slaves of Satan free. Paul did n...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in which Paul witnessed. ⇐ ⇔...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 16:19. THE RULERS, ἄρχοντες, were the town magistrates (Luke 12:58). Acts 16:20. The MAGISTRATES, στρατηγοί, were the two chief civic authorities (dunmviri) in a Roman colony...
EXPOSITION ACTS 16:1 _And he came also _for _then came he, _A.V._ _and T.R.; _to Lystra _for _Lystra, _A.V._; Timothy _for _Timotheus, _A.V._; of a Jewess _for _of a certain woman which was a Jewess,...
We remember at the end of our study last week there arose a contention between Paul and Barnabas who had been close companions on the first missionary venture of the church. But because Barnabas was i...
1 Kings 22:27; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 29:26;...
The inner prison. Some have supposed this to be the lower prison, being misled by the remains of the Mamertine prison at Rome, on the declivity of the Capitoline, and near the Arch of Septimius Severu...
Secured their feet in the stocks — These were probably those large pieces of wood, in use among the Romans, which not only loaded the legs of the prisoner, but also kept them extended in a very painfu...