Acts 16:20-34
English Standard Version
Chapter 16
20And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city. 21They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice." 22The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. 23And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. 24Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
26and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone 's bonds were unfastened.
27When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
28But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here."
29And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.
30Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
31And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
32And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.
33And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.
34Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.
