Acts 16:24 (LSB)

Passage

who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Nearby Context

Acts 16:22 And the crowd joined together to attack them, and the chief magistrates, tearing their garments off of them, proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.

Acts 16:23 And when they had inflicted them with many wounds, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely,

Acts 16:24 who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

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

Acts 16:26 And suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the jailhouse were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "received", "such", "command", "threw", "inner", "prison", and "fastened". 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 inflicted them with..." 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.