Acts 16
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Acts 16:25-34

25But aboutG2596 midnightG3317 1PaulG3972 and SilasG4609 were prayingG4336 and 2singingG5214 hymnsG5214 of praiseG5214 to GodG2316, and the prisonersG1198 were listeningG1874 to them; 26and suddenlyG869 3there cameG1096 a greatG3173 earthquakeG4578, soG5620 that the foundationsG2310 of the prisonG1201 houseG1201 were shakenG4531; and immediatelyG3916 4allG3956 the doorsG2374 were openedG455 and everyone’sG3956 5chainsG1199 were unfastenedG447. 27When 6the jailerG1200 awokeG1853 and sawG3708 the prisonG5438 doorsG2374 openedG455, he drewG4685 his swordG3162 and was aboutG3195 7to killG337 himselfG1438, supposingG3543 that the prisonersG1198 had escapedG1628. 28But PaulG3972 criedG5455 out with a loudG3173 voiceG5456, sayingG3004, “DoG4238 not harmG2556 yourselfG4572, for we are allG537 hereG1759!” 29And he calledG154 for lightsG5457 and rushedG1530 in, and tremblingG1790 with fearG1790 he fellG4363 downG4363 beforeG4363 8PaulG3972 and SilasG4609, 30and after he broughtG4254 them out, he saidG5346, “SirsG2962, 9whatG5101 mustG1163 I doG4160 to be savedG4982?” 31They saidG3004, “10BelieveG4100 in the LordG2962 JesusG2424, and you will be savedG4982, you and 11your householdG3624.” 32And they spokeG2980 the wordG3056 of 12the LordG2962 to him togetherG4862 with allG3956 whoG3588 were in his houseG3614. 33And he tookG3880 them 13that very hourG5610 of the nightG3571 and washedG3068 their woundsG4127, and immediatelyG3916 he was baptizedG907, he and allG537 his household. 34And he broughtG321 them into his houseG3624 and setG3908 14foodG5132 beforeG3908 them, and rejoicedG21 15greatlyG21, having believedG4100 in GodG2316 with 16his wholeG3832 householdG3832.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 16:25 Acts 16:19 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 16:25 Eph 5:19 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 16:26 Acts 4:31 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 16:26 Acts 12:10 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 16:26 Acts 12:7 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 16:27 Acts 16:23, 36 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 16:27 Acts 12:19 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 16:29 Acts 16:19 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 16:30 Acts 2:37; 22:10 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 16:31 Mark 16:16 ↩
  11. 11. Acts 16:31 Acts 11:14; 16:15 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 16:32 Two early mss read God ↩
  13. 13. Acts 16:33 Acts 16:25 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 16:34 Lit a table ↩
  15. 15. Acts 16:34 Or greatly with his whole household, having believed in God ↩
  16. 16. Acts 16:34 Acts 11:14; 16:15 ↩

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