Acts 16:25

Acts 16:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.

Context of Acts 16:25

23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. 27The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.

Acts 16:25 word by word

Κατὰ δὲ τὸ μεσονύκτιον Παῦλος καὶ Σιλᾶς προσευχόμενοι ὕμνουν τὸν θεόν· ἐπηκροῶντο δὲ αὐτῶν οἱ δέσμιοι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• atκατάkata · according toG2596
• midnightὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• midnightμεσονύκτιοςmesonuktion · midnightG3317
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• SilasΣίλαςSilas · SilasG4609
• prayedπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• and sang praisesὑμνέωhumneō · to praiseG5214
• unto Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• the prisonersδέσμιοςdesmios · prisonerG1198
• heardἐπακροάομαιepakroaomai · to listen roG1874
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Acts 16:25

• Job 35:10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
• Psalms 22:2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
• Psalms 42:8By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
• Psalms 77:6I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
• Psalms 119:55In the night, Lord, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.
• Isaiah 30:29And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people playing pipes go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
• Psalms 50:15and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
• Psalms 77:2When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.
• Psalms 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
• Matthew 26:38Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
• Luke 22:44And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
• Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
• James 5:13Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
• Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
• Psalms 34:1I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
• Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Commentaries on Acts 16:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25At midnight Paul and Silas - sang praises - Though these holy men felt much, and had reason to fear more, yet they are undismayed, and even happy in their sufferings: they were so fully satisfied that they were right, and had done their duty, that there was no room for regret or self-reproach. At the same times they had such consolations from God as could render any circumstances not only tolerable, but delightful. They prayed, first, for grace to support…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25And at midnight - Probably their painful posture, and the sufferings of their recent scourging, prevented their. sleeping. Yet, though they had no repose, they had a quiet conscience, and the supports of religion. Prayed - Though they had suffered much, yet they had reason to apprehend more. They sought, therefore, the sustaining grace of God. And sang praises - Compare the notes on Job 35:10. Nothing but religion would have enabled them to do this. They…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-34Verses 25-34 The consolations of God to his suffering servants are neither few nor small. How much more happy are true Christians than their prosperous enemies! As in the dark, so out of the depths, we may cry unto God. No place, no time is amiss for prayer, if the heart be lifted up to God. No trouble, however grievous, should hinder us from praise. Christianity proves itself to be of God, in that it obliges us to be just to our own lives. Paul cried…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Paul and Silas, like the apostles suffering abuse in Jerusalem, were full of joy. They rejoiced because God considered them "worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name" (5:41).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises--literally, "praying, were singing praises"; that is, while engaged in pouring out their hearts in prayer, had broken forth into singing, and were hymning loud their joy. As the word here employed is that used to denote the Paschal hymn sung by our Lord and His disciples after their last Passover (Mt 26:30), and which we know to have consisted of Psa 113:1-118:29, which was chanted at that…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings