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Acts 16:22-27

22AndthecrowdὄχλοςochlosG3793roseuptooagainstthem;andthepraetors, having tornofftheirclothesG2440,commandedἐκέλευονekeleuonG2753toscourge [them].

23AndhavinglaidG2007manyπολλάςpollasG4183stripes uponthemtheycastἔβαλονebalonG906[them]intoprisonφυλακὴνphulakēnG5438, chargingthejailortokeepτηρεῖνtēreinG5083themsafely;

24who, havingreceivedG2983suchachargeG3852,castG906themintotheinnerprisonφυλακὴνphulakēnG5438,andsecuredtheirfeetG4228tothestocks.

25AndatmidnightμεσονύκτιονmesonuktionG3317PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972andSilasΣιλᾶςSilasG4609,inprayingπροσευχόμενοιproseuchomenoiG4336,werepraisingGodθεόν·theonG2316withsinging,andtheprisonersδέσμιοι.desmioiG1198listenedtothem.

26AndsuddenlyἄφνωaphnōG869therewasagreatμέγαςmegasG3173earthquakeσεισμὸςseismosG4578,sothatthefoundationsθεμέλιαthemeliaG2310oftheprisonδεσμωτηρίου·desmōtēriouG1201shook,andallthedoorsθύραιthuraiG2374wereimmediatelyπαραχρῆμαparachrēmaG3916openedἠνεῴχθησανēneōchthēsanG455,andthebondsofallloosed.

27Andthejailorbeingawakenedoutofhissleep,andseeingG3708thedoorsθύραςthurasG2374oftheprisonφυλακῆς,phulakēsG5438openedἀνεῳγμέναςaneōgmenasG455, having drawnaswordμάχαιρανmachairanG3162wasgoingtokillhimself, thinkingtheprisonersδεσμίους.¶desmiousG1198hadfled.

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