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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:37

But Paul said unto them ,.... The sergeants, who were present when the jailer reported to Paul the message they came with from the magistrates; though the Syriac version reads in the singular number, "Paul said to him", to the jailer: they have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison ; what the magistrates ordered to be done to them, is reckoned all one as if they had done it themselves; and which was done "openly", before all the people, in the most... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:38

And the sergeants told these words unto the magistrates ,.... They returned to them, and acquainted them with what the prisoners said: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans ; they were not concerned for the injury they had done them; nor for the injustice and cruelty they had been guilty of; nor did they fear the wrath of God, and a future judgment; but they were put into a panic, when they found the men they had so ill used were Romans; lest they should be called to an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:39

And they came ,.... To the prison in person, as Paul had insisted on they should: and besought them ; that they would put up the injury that had been done them, and quietly depart out of prison: and brought them out ; that is, out of prison; took them by the arms, and led them out, as they had put them in, which was what the apostle required: and desired them to depart out of the city ; lest there should be any further disturbance about them: in Beza's most ancient copy, and in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:40

And they went out of the prison ,.... In a public manner, with great honour and reputation, at the request of the magistrates that put them there: and entered into the house of Lydia; whom Paul had baptized, Acts 16:14 . The word "house" is rightly supplied, for the sense is not, that they went into the country of Lydia, as some have been tempted to think; but they went to the woman Lydia, whose heart the Lord had opened, and was become a disciple and follower of Christ; they went to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:22

The multitude rose up together - There was a general outcry against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes, and delivered them to the mob, commanding the lictors, or beadles, to beat them with rods, ῥαβδιζειν . This was the Roman custom of treating criminals, as Grotius has well remarked. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:23

Laid many stripes upon them - The Jews never gave more than thirty-nine stripes to any criminal; but the Romans had no law relative to this: they gave as many as they chose; and the apostles had, undoubtedly, the fullest measure. And perhaps St. Paul refers to this, where he says, 2 Corinthians 11:23 ; : εν πληγαις ὑπερβαλλοντως , in stripes beyond measure or moderation. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 stocks, is supposed to mean two large pieces of wood, pierced with holes like our stocks, and fitted to each other, that, when the legs were in, they could not be drawn out. The holes being pierced at different distances, the legs might be separated or divaricated to a great extent, which must produce extreme pain. It... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:25

At midnight Paul and Silas - sang praises - Though these holy men felt much, and had reason to fear more, yet they are undismayed, and even happy in their sufferings: they were so fully satisfied that they were right, and had done their duty, that there was no room for regret or self-reproach. At the same times they had such consolations from God as could render any circumstances not only tolerable, but delightful. They prayed, first, for grace to support them, and for pardon and salvation... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:26

There was a great earthquake - Thus God bore a miraculous testimony of approbation to his servants; and, by the earthquake, and loosing the bonds of the prisoners, showed, in a symbolical way, the nature of that religion which they preached: while it shakes and terrifies the guilty, it proclaims deliverance to the captives, and the opening of the prison-doors to them that are bound; and sets at liberty them that are bruised. Every one's bands were loosed - And yet so eminently did God's... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:27

The keeper of the prison - would have killed himself - Every jailor was made responsible for his prisoner, under the same penalty to which the prisoner himself was exposed. The jailor, awaking, and finding the prison-doors open, taking it for granted that all the prisoners had made their escape, and that he must lose his life on the account, chose rather to die by his own hand than by that of others. For it was customary among the heathens, when they found death inevitable, to take away... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 16:40

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:27

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