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Acts 16:23-27

Acts 16:23

When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely;

Acts 16:24

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

Acts 16:25

Now 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 was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

Acts 16:27

When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped.