25 But at midnight as Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God, and the prisoners heard them, 26 then suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison, awaking out of his sleep and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light and came inside and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas 30 and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spoke unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go. 36 And the keeper of the prison made these words known unto Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore depart and go in peace. 37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out in secret? no indeed; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. 38 And the sergeants returned and told these words unto the magistrates; and they feared when they heard that they were Romans. 39 And they came and besought them, and bringing them out, asked them to depart out of the city. 40 And leaving the prison, they entered into the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.