Acts 16:23-26

Paul and Silas in Prison

23 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. 24 Having received this order, he put them into the inner n prison and fastened their feet in o the stocks.

The Philippian Jailer Converted

25 p About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26 and suddenly q there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately r all the doors were opened, and s everyone's bonds were unfastened.

  1. Cross References
    Luke 21:12
    But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
  2. Cross References
    Job 13:27
    You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a limit for the soles of my feet.
    Job 33:11
    He puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.
    Jeremiah 20:2 - 3
    Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.
    Jeremiah 29:26
    The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have charge in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and neck irons.
  3. Cross References
    Job 35:10
    But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night.
    Psalms 42:8
    By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
    Psalms 77:6
    I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search:
    Psalms 119:62
    At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
  4. Cross References
    Acts 4:31
    And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 5:19
    But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said.
    Acts 12:10
    When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.
  6. Cross References
    Acts 12:7
    And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.
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