Acts 16:23-40 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Acts 16:23-40

23 And when they had inflicted them with many wounds, they threw them into prison, commanding ^athe jailer to guard them securely, 24 who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in ^athe ¹stocks.

The Philippian Jailer Converted

25 But about midnight ^aPaul and Silas were praying and ^bsinging hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 And suddenly ^athere came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the jailhouse were shaken; and immediately ^ball the doors were opened and everyone’s ^cchains were unfastened. 27 And when ^athe jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about ^bto 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 ^aPaul and Silas, 30 and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, ^awhat must I do to be saved?” 31 And they said, “^aBelieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and ^byour house.” 32 And they spoke the word of ¹the Lord to him together with all who were in his household. 33 And he took them ^athat very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. 34 And he brought them into his house and set ¹food before them, and rejoiced ²greatly with ^ahis whole household, because he had believed in God.
35 Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, “Release those men.” 36 And ^athe jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go ^bin peace.” 37 But Paul said to them, “Having beaten us in public without trial, ^amen who are Romans, they have thrown us into prison. And now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.” 38 And the policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. ^aThey were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, 39 and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept requesting them ^ato leave the city. 40 And they went out of the prison and entered the house of ^aLydia, and when they saw ^bthe brothers, they ¹encouraged them and left.