Acts 16:25-34

Lexham English Bible

The Conversion of the Philippian Jailer

²⁵ Now about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and^[a] singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to 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 all the bonds^[b] were unfastened. ²⁷ And after^[c] the jailer was awake and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his^[d] sword and^[e] was about to kill himself, because he^[f] thought the prisoners had escaped. ²⁸ But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!” ²⁹ And demanding lights, he rushed in and, beginning to tremble,^[g] fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas. ³⁰ And he brought them outside and^[h] said, “Sirs, what must I do so that I can be saved?” ³¹ And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household!” ³² And they spoke the message of the Lord to him, together with all those in his house. ³³ And he took them at that very hour of the night and^[i] washed their^[j] wounds, and he himself was baptized at once, and all those of his household.^{[k] 34} And he brought them up into his^[l] house and^[m] set a meal before them,^[n] and rejoiced greatly that he had believed in God with his whole household.