使徒行传 16:24

Chinese Union (Simplified)

禁 卒 领 了 这 样 的 命 ， 就 把 他 们 下 在 内 监 里 ， 两 脚 上 了 木 狗 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
獄吏領了命令，就把他們押入內監，兩腳拴了木狗。

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the inner: 1 Kings 22:27, Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 37:16, Jeremiah 38:26, Lamentations 3:53-55

and made: 2 Chronicles 16:10,*Heb: Job 13:27, Job 33:11, Psalms 105:18, Jeremiah 20:2, Jeremiah 29:26

Reciprocal: Proverbs 7:22 - the correction Jeremiah 38:6 - into Lamentations 3:55 - General Daniel 6:12 - they Daniel 6:17 - a stone Jonah 2:1 - out Luke 4:29 - and thrust Acts 12:4 - delivered Acts 16:27 - the keeper Acts 16:30 - brought 2 Corinthians 6:5 - imprisonments 2 Corinthians 11:23 - in prisons Hebrews 11:36 - bonds James 5:13 - any among

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 of the prison; so that there were the more doors, bolts, and bars, to break open, and pass through, should they attempt to make their escape:

and made their feet fast in the stocks; or "wood", a wooden machine, in which the feet of prisoners were put for security, and which we call "the stocks"; some say it was such an one, in which the neck as well as the feet were put, and so might be the same with our "pillory".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 difficulty of escape would be greater.

And made their feet fast in the stocks - Greek: and made their feet secure to wood. The word “stocks,” with us, denotes a machine made of two pieces of timber between which the feet of criminals are placed, and in which they are thus made secure. The account here does not imply necessarily that they were secured precisely in this way, but that they were fastened or secured by the feet, probably by cords, to a piece or beam of wood, so that they could not escape. It is probable that the legs of the prisoners were bound to large pieces of wood which not only encumbered them, but which were so placed as to extend their feet to a considerable distance. In this condition it might be necessary for them to lie on their backs; and if this, as is probable, was on the cold ground, after their severe scourging, their sufferings must have been very great. Yet in the midst of this they sang praises to God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 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 is this circumstance to which it is supposed Prudentius refers, in speaking of the torments of St. Vincent:-

Lignoque plantas inserit,

Divaricatis cruribus.

"They placed his feet in the stocks, his legs greatly distended!"

If the apostles were treated in this way, lying on the bare ground with their flayed backs, what agony must they have suffered! However, they could sing praises notwithstanding.