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John Gill
And when they had laid many stripes upon them,.... Even above measure, as in 2 Corinthians 11:35. They cast them into prison; designing doubtless to inflict some greater punishment upon them, after they had further examined into their affairs: charging the jailer to keep them safely; suggesting, that he must be answerable for them, should they escape, either through his favour or his negligence;...
Matthew Henry
It is some rebuke to Barnabas that after he left Paul we hear no more of him, of what he did or suffered for Christ. But Paul, as he was recommended by the brethren to the grace of God, so his services for Christ after this are largely recorded; we are to attend him in this chapter from place to place, wherever he came doing good, either watering or planting, beginning new work or improving what...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: Another prayer-meeting, and a praise-meeting, too. There were only two persons at it; but they “prayed,...