Atos 16

The Philippian Jailer Converted

25 *Job 35:10;Ps. 42:8;77:6;119:62About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26 and suddenly *See ch. 4:31there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately *ch. 5:19;12:10all the doors were opened, and *ch. 12:7everyone’s bonds were unfastened. 27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and *[ch. 12:19;27:42;1 Kgs. 20:39]was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here." 29 And the jailer*16:29 Greek he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he *ch. 10:25fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, *ch. 2:37;22:10;Luke 3:10,12,14;[John 6:28,29] what must I do to be *[ver. 17]saved?" 31 And they said, *See Mark 16:16"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you *See ch. 11:14and your household." 32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them *ver. 25the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he *See ch. 8:12was baptized at once, he and all his family. 34 Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he *Ps. 9:14;13:5;Isa. 25:9;Luke 1:47;1 Pet. 1:6,8;[ch. 2:46]rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.