Acts 16:24

New American Bible - revised edition

When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and secured their feet to a stake. Deliverance from Prison.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:27

and say, ‘This is the king’s order: Put this man in prison and feed him scanty rations of bread and water until I come back in safety.’”

2 Chronicles 16:10

But Asa became angry with the seer and imprisoned him in the stocks, so greatly was he enraged at him over this. Asa also oppressed some of his people at this time.

Job 13:27

You put my feet in the stocks; you watch all my paths and trace out all my footsteps,

Job 33:11

He puts my feet in the stocks, watches all my paths!”

Psalm 105:18

They shackled his feet with chains; collared his neck in iron,

Jeremiah 29:26

“It is the Lord who has appointed you priest in place of the priest Jehoiada, to provide officers for the house of the Lord, that you may confine in stocks or pillory any madman who poses as a prophet.

Jeremiah 38:26

then give them this answer: ‘I petitioned the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house lest I die there.’”

Jeremiah 38:6

And so they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah, in the court of the guard, letting him down by rope. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.