Acts 16:22-32

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

22 The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be ¹beaten with rods.

23 When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding ²the jailer to guard them securely;

24 and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in ³the stocks.

25 But about midnight ⁴Paul and Silas were praying and ⁵singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

26 and suddenly ⁶there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately ⁷all the doors were opened and everyone's ⁸chains were unfastened.

27 When ⁹the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about ¹⁰to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

28 But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!"

29 And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before ¹¹Paul and Silas,

30 and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, ¹²what must I do to be saved?"

The Jailer Converted

31 They said, "¹³Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and ¹⁴your household."

32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Corinthians 11:25; 1 Thessalonians 2:2
• 2. Acts 16:27, 36
• 3. Job 13:27; Job 33:11; Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 29:26
• 4. Acts 16:19
• 5. Ephesians 5:19
• 6. Acts 4:31
• 7. Acts 12:10
• 8. Acts 12:7
• 9. Acts 16:23, 36
• 10. Acts 12:19
• 11. Acts 16:19
• 12. Acts 2:37; Acts 22:10
• 13. Mark 16:16
• 14. Acts 11:14; Acts 16:15

Footnotes

• [a] Or "outer garments"
• [b] Lit "to beat with rods"
• [c] Lit "who"
• [d] Lit "wood"
• [e] Two early mss read "God"