beneficial earthquake that opened the doors to freedom. At the inner cell he should have found two faces lighted with joy and love, unsuitable to that ghastly place. Instantaneously, with trembling, he fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas (16:29b). The jailer should have already been informed of what Paul and Silas did, why they had been beaten and confined: they practiced “magic” strong enough to expel even a python spirit. And now they seemed to summon up an earthquake to open the prison doors