Acts 16:17-28

¹⁷She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation.

¹⁸And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

¹⁹And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;

²⁰and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

²¹and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.

²²And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

²³And having laid many stripes upon them they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

²⁴who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.

²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

²⁶And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed.

²⁷And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.

²⁸But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.