Acts 16:25-40 - Jon B

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Acts 16:25–40 (ESV)
Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 
Acts 16:26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. 
Acts 16:27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 
Acts 16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” 
Acts 16:29 And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. 
Acts 16:30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 
Acts 16:31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 
Acts 16:32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 
Acts 16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. 
Acts 16:34 Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God. 
Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the police, saying, “Let those men go.” 
Acts 16:36 And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go. Therefore come out now and go in peace.” 
Acts 16:37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.” 
Acts 16:38 The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens. 
Acts 16:39 So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city. 
Acts 16:40 So they went out of the prison and visited Lydia. And when they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.