Acts 16:22-40 ▼

22 And the people ran agaynst them, and the officers rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.

23 And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into pryson, commaundyng the iayler of the pryson to kepe them diligently.

24 Which when he had receaued such commaundement, thrust them into the inner pryson, and made their feete fast in the stockes.

25 And at mydnyght Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prysoners hearde them.

26 And sodenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the pryson was shaken, and immediatly all the doores opened, and euery mans bandes were loosed.

27 When the keper of the pryson waked out of his sleepe, and sawe the pryson doores open, he drewe out his sworde and woulde haue kylled hym selfe, supposyng that the prysoners had ben fled.

28 But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying: Do thy selfe no harme, for we are all here.

29 Then he called for a lyght, and sprang in, and came tremblyng, and fell downe before Paul and Silas,

30 And brought them out, & sayde: Syrs, what must I do to be saued?

31 And they sayde: beleue on the Lorde Iesus Christe, and thou shalt be saued, and thy householde.

32 And they spake vnto hym the worde of the Lorde, and to all that were in his house.

33 And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, and wasshed their woundes, and was baptized hym selfe, & all they of his householde strayghtway.

34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and ioyed that he with all his householde beleued on God.

35 And when it was day, the officers sent the sergeauntes, saying: Let those men go.

36 And the keper of the pryson tolde this saying to Paul, the officers haue sent worde to loose you. Nowe therfore, get you hence, and go in peace.

37 Then sayde Paul vnto them: They haue beaten vs openly vncondempned, beyng Romanes, and haue cast vs into pryson: and nowe woulde they thrust vs out priuily? Nay veryly, but let them come them selues, and fet vs out.

38 And the sergeaunts tolde these wordes vnto the officers, and they feared when they hearde that they were Romanes.

39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired the to depart out of the citie.

40 And they went out of the pryson, and entred into the house of Lydia, & when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.