Hechos 16:27

27 Al despertar el carcelero y ver abiertas todas las puertas de la cárcel, sacó su espada y se iba a matar, creyendo que los prisioneros se habían escapado.

Hechos 16:27 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 16:27

And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep
Not so much by the loud voices of Paul and Silas, as by the uncommon motion of the earth, which so shook him, as thoroughly to awake him: and seeing the prison doors open;
which was the first thing in his fright he was looking after, and careful of, and which he might perceive, though it was midnight, and though as yet he had no light: he drew out his sword;
from its scabbard, which was girt about him; for it may be he had slept with his clothes on, and his sword girt to him; or if he had put on his clothes upon awaking, he had also girt himself with his sword: and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been
fled;
especially Paul and Silas, concerning whom he had received such a strict charge from the magistrates; and he knew that according to law, he must suffer the same punishment that was designed for them; and therefore in fear of the magistrates, and what they would inflict upon him, he was just going to destroy himself.

Hechos 16:27 In-Context

25 Como a medianoche, Pablo y Silas oraban y cantaban himnos a Dios, y los presos los escuchaban.

26 De repente se produjo un gran terremoto, de tal manera que los cimientos de la cárcel fueron sacudidos; al instante se abrieron todas las puertas y las cadenas de todos se soltaron.

27 Al despertar el carcelero y ver abiertas todas las puertas de la cárcel, sacó su espada y se iba a matar, creyendo que los prisioneros se habían escapado.

28 Mas Pablo clamó a gran voz, diciendo: No te hagas ningún mal, pues todos estamos aquí.

29 Entonces él pidió luz y se precipitó adentro, y temblando, se postró ante Pablo y Silas,