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Acts 16:22-27

22AndthemultitudeG3793roseuptogetheragainstthem:andthemagistratesrenttheirgarmentsἱμάτιαhimatiaG2440offthem,andcommandedἐκέλευονekeleuonG2753tobeatthemwithrodsῥαβδίζειν·rhabdizeinG4463.
23AndwhentheyhadlaidG2007manyπολλάςpollasG4183stripes uponthem,theycastἔβαλονebalonG906themintoprisonφυλακὴνphulakēnG5438, chargingthejailortokeepτηρεῖνtēreinG5083themsafely:
24who, havingreceivedG2983suchachargeG3852,castG906themintotheinnerprisonφυλακὴνphulakēnG5438,andmadetheirfeetG4228fastinthestocks.
25ButaboutmidnightμεσονύκτιονmesonuktionG3317PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972andSilasΣιλᾶςSilasG4609wereprayingπροσευχόμενοιproseuchomenoiG4336andsinginghymnsG5214untoGodθεόν·theonG2316,andtheprisonersδέσμιοι.desmioiG1198werelisteningtothem;
26andsuddenlyἄφνωaphnōG869therewasagreatμέγαςmegasG3173earthquakeσεισμὸςseismosG4578,sothatthefoundationsθεμέλιαthemeliaG2310oftheprison-housewereshakenG4531:andimmediatelyπαραχρῆμαparachrēmaG3916allthedoorsθύραιthuraiG2374wereopenedἠνεῴχθησανēneōchthēsanG455;andeveryone’s bandswereloosed.
27Andthejailor,beingrousedoutofsleepandseeingG3708theprisonφυλακῆς,phulakēsG5438doorsθύραςthurasG2374openἀνεῳγμέναςaneōgmenasG455,drewhisswordμάχαιρανmachairanG3162andwasabouttokillhimself,supposingthattheprisonersδεσμίους.¶desmiousG1198hadescapedG1628.
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