22 於是,大家都一起攻擊他們,官長下令剝掉他們的衣服,杖打他們。 23 他們被毒打一頓,又被關進監獄,官長命獄卒嚴密看守。 24 獄卒接到命令後把他們關進內牢,雙腳上了枷鎖。

25 半夜,保羅和西拉禱告、唱詩讚美上帝,其他的囚犯都側耳傾聽。 26 突然間發生大地震,整座監獄的地基都搖動起來,牢門立刻全開了,囚犯的鎖鏈也都鬆開了。 27 獄卒驚醒後,看見牢門盡開,以為囚犯已經逃走了,就想拔刀自殺。 28 保羅見狀,大聲喝止:「不要傷害自己,我們都在這裡!」

29 獄卒叫人拿燈過來,衝進內牢,戰戰兢兢地俯伏在保羅和西拉面前。 30 獄卒領他們出來後問道:「兩位先生,我該怎樣做才能得救?」

31 他們說:「要信主耶穌,你和你一家就必定得救。」 32 於是保羅和西拉向獄卒和他全家傳講主的道。 33 當晚,獄卒把二人帶去,為他們清洗傷口。他一家老小都接受了洗禮。 34 他請二人到家裡吃飯,他和全家人充滿了喜樂,因為都信了上帝。

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22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

26 And 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 been 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 sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down 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 spake 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 meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

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