How did the Philippian jailer keep Paul and Silas safely?
The jailer kept Paul and Silas safely by thrusting them into the inner prison, the dungeon below ground level. He made their feet fast in the stocks. Because he received a charge to keep them securely, he did not leave them on the ground floor but placed them in that lower, guarded cell.
Les explains that the jailer, having been charged to keep Paul and Silas safely, did not leave them on the ground floor. He put them down in the dungeon, thrust them into the inner prison below ground level, and made their feet fast in the stocks. It was not a pretty place—likely wet, dank, cold, with rats running everywhere. Their backs were like hamburger from the beating, with no antibiotics or soothing salve, yet Paul and Silas were able to sing, which Les attributes to the grace of God.
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
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Why did the jailer put Paul and Silas in the dungeon?
The jailer put Paul and Silas in the dungeon instead of the ground floor because he needed to keep them safely.