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and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'
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And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat [them] with rods,
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many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,
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who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.
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And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,
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and suddenly a great earthquake came, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, opened also presently were all the doors, and of all -- the bands were loosed;
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and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,
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and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, `Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'
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And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,
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and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do -- that I may be saved?'
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and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved -- thou and thy house;'