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Acts 16:19–40

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19But when* her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and* dragged them* into the marketplace before the rulers. 20And when they* had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, 21and are proclaiming customs that are not permitted for us to accept or to practice, because we* are Romans!” 22And the crowd joined in attacking them, and the chief magistrates tore off their clothing and* gave orders to beat them* with rods. 23And after they* had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them* into prison, giving orders to the jailer to guard them securely. 24Having received such an order, heg put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.h

The Conversion of the Philippian Jailer

25Now about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and* singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened and all the bondsi were unfastened. 27And after* the jailer was awake and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his* sword and* was about to kill himself, because he* thought the prisoners had escaped. 28But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!” 29And demanding lights, he rushed in and, beginning to tremble,j fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas. 30And he brought them outside and* said, “Sirs, what must I do so that I can be saved?” 31And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household!” 32And they spoke the message of the Lord to him, together with all those in his house. 33And he took them at that very hour of the night and* washed their* wounds, and he himself was baptized at once, and all those of his household.* 34And he brought them up into his* house and* set a meal before them,* and rejoiced greatly that he had believed in God with his whole household.

Paul and Silas Receive an Official Apology

35And when it* was day, the chief magistrates sent the police officers, saying, “Release those men.” 36And the jailer reported these words to Paul: “The chief magistrates have sent an order* that you should be released. So come out now and* go in peace!” 37But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without due process—men who are Roman citizens—and* threw us* into prison, and now they are wanting to release us secretly? Certainly not! Rather let them come themselves and* bring us out!” 38So the police officers reported these words to the chief magistrates, and they were afraid when they* heard that they were Roman citizens. 39And they came and* apologized tok them, and after they* brought them* out they asked them* to depart from the city. 40And when they* came out of the prison, they went to Lydia and when they* saw them,* they encouraged the brothers and departed.

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.”

Footnotes

  1. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  2. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“seized”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had brought”) which is understood as temporal
  5. *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as causal
  6. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“tore off”) has been translated as a finite verb
  7. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had inflicted”) which is understood as temporal
  9. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  10. gLiterally “who”
  11. hOr possibly “to the block of wood,” referring to a log to which the prisoners were chained or tied
  12. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“were praying”) has been translated as a finite verb
  13. iOr “chains”
  14. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal
  15. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  16. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“drew”) has been translated as a finite verb
  17. *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“thought”) which is understood as causal
  18. jLiterally “became trembling”
  19. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“brought”) has been translated as a finite verb
  20. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
  21. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  22. *The word “household” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied from the previous verse
  23. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  24. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“brought … up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  25. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  26. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  27. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  28. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  29. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“beat”) has been translated as a finite verb
  30. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  31. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come”) has been translated as a finite verb
  32. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  33. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb
  34. kOr “reassured”; or “conciliated”
  35. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“brought … out”) which is understood as temporal
  36. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  37. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  38. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came out”) which is understood as temporal
  39. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  40. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

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