Acts 16:22-34

New American Standard Bible

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

²² The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their ^[a]robes off them and proceeded to order ^[b]them to be ^(A)beaten with rods. ²³ When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding ^(B)the jailer to guard them securely; ^24 [c]and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in ^(C)the ^[d]stocks.

²⁵ Now about midnight ^(D)Paul and Silas were praying and ^(E)singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; ²⁶ and suddenly ^(F)there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately ^(G)all the doors were opened, and everyone’s ^(H)chains were unfastened. ²⁷ When ^(I)the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about ^(J)to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped. ²⁸ But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” ²⁹ And the jailer asked for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before ^(K)Paul and Silas; ³⁰ and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, ^(L)what must I do to be saved?”

The Jailer Converted

³¹ They said, “^(M)Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and ^(N)your household.” ³² And they spoke the word of God to him together with all who were in his house. ³³ And he took them ^(O)that 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 ^[e]food before them, and was ^[f]overjoyed, since he had become a believer in God together with ^(P)his whole household.