Acts 16:19–40

¹⁹And ^pwhen her masters saw that the hope of their ⁱgains was gone, they caught Paul and ^qSilas, and ^rdrew them into the ^||marketplace unto the rulers, ²⁰And brought them to ^sthe magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, ^tdo exceedingly trouble our city, ²¹And ^uteach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, ^vbeing Romans. ²²And the multitude rose up together against them: and the ^smagistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded ^wto beat them. ²³And when they had laid many ^xstripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging ^ythe jailor to keep them safely: ²⁴Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner ^zprison, and made their feet fast ^ain the stocks.

²⁵And ^bat midnight Paul and ^cSilas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. ²⁶And suddenly ^dthere was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all ^ethe doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. ²⁷And ^fthe keeper of the prison ^gawaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. ²⁸But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. ²⁹Then he called for a light, and ^hsprang in, and came trembling, and ⁱfell down before Paul and ^cSilas, ³⁰And brought them out, and said, Sirs, ^kwhat must I do to be saved? ³¹And they said, ^lBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and ^mthy house. ³²And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to ^mall that were in his house. ³³And he took them ⁿthe same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and ^lwas baptized, he and ^mall his, straightway. ³⁴And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with ^mall his house.

³⁵And when it was day, ^othe magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. ³⁶And ^fthe keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, ^oThe magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and ^pgo in peace. ³⁷But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly ^quncondemned, being ^qRomans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. ³⁸And the serjeants told these words unto ^othe magistrates: and ^rthey feared, when they heard that they were Romans. ^39aAnd they came and besought them, and brought them out, and ^sdesired them to depart out of the city. ⁴⁰And they went out of the prison, and entered into ^tthe house of Lydia: and when they had seen ^uthe brethren, they ^xcomforted them, and departed.