Acts 16:20–33

²⁰and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,

²¹and ^aare proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being ^bRomans.”

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

²²The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their ¹robes off them and proceeded to order ²them to be ^abeaten with rods.

²³When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding ^athe jailer to guard them securely;

²⁴¹and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in ^athe ²stocks.

²⁵But about midnight ^aPaul and Silas were praying and ^bsinging hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

²⁶and suddenly ^athere came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately ^ball the doors were opened and everyone’s ^cchains were unfastened.

²⁷When ^athe jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about ^bto kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁸But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”

²⁹And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before ^aPaul and Silas,

³⁰and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, ^awhat must I do to be saved?”

The Jailer Converted

³¹They said, “^aBelieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and ^byour household.”

³²And they spoke the word of ¹the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.

³³And he took them ^athat very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.