Acts 16:23 (YLT)

Passage

many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

Nearby Context

Acts 16:21 and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'

Acts 16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat <FI>them<Fi> with rods,

Acts 16:23 many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

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

Acts 16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blows", "having", "laid", "upon", "cast", "prison", and "given". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blows" and "having", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And the multitude rose up together against..." into verse 24's "who such a charge having received did...", so "blows" and "having" 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 "blows" and "having" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.