Acts 16:24 (ASV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Acts 16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

Acts 16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

Acts 16:24 who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

Acts 16:25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

Acts 16:26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one`s bands were loosed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "received", "such", "charge", "cast", "inner", "prison", and "feet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "received", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And when they had laid many stripes..." into verse 25's "But about midnight Paul and Silas were...", so "having" and "received" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "having" and "received" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.