²⁵About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. ²⁶Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the jail were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains came loose. ^j²⁷When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Don’t harm yourself, because all of us are here!”

²⁹Then the jailer called for lights, rushed in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. ³⁰Then he escorted them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” ^k

³¹So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” ^l³²Then they spoke the message of the Lord to him along with everyone in his house. ³³He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized. ³⁴He brought them into his house, set a meal before them, and rejoiced because he had believed God with his entire household. ^m

Read in Logos

Acts 16:30–31: Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Cross references

j16:26 Ac 4:31; 5:19; 12:7, 10
k16:30 Ac 2:37; 22:10
l16:31 Mk 16:16; Ac 11:14
m16:34 Ac 11:14; 16:15