Acts 16:24 (GNV)

Passage

Who hauing receiued such commandement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feete fast in the stockes.

Nearby Context

Acts 16:22 The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commanded them to be beaten with roddes.

Acts 16:23 And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely.

Acts 16:24 Who hauing receiued such commandement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feete fast in the stockes.

Acts 16:25 Nowe at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung Psalmes vnto God: and the prisoners heard them.

Acts 16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by and by all the doores opened, and euery mans bands were loosed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hauing", "receiued", "such", "commandement", "cast", "inner", "prison", and "feete". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hauing" and "receiued", 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 beaten them sore..." into verse 25's "Nowe at midnight Paul and Silas prayed...", so "hauing" and "receiued" 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 "hauing" and "receiued" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.