Acts 16:20-32

²⁰And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie,

²¹And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes.

²²The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commanded them to be beaten with roddes.

²³And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely.

²⁴Who hauing receiued such commandement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feete fast in the stockes.

²⁵Nowe at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung Psalmes vnto God: and the prisoners heard them.

²⁶And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by and by all the doores opened, and euery mans bands were loosed.

²⁷Then the keeper of the prison waked out of his sleepe, and when he sawe the prison doores open, he drewe out his sword and would haue killed himselfe, supposing the prisoners had bin fled.

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

²⁹Then he called for a light, and leaped in, and came trembling, and fell downe before Paul and Silas,

³⁰And brought them out, and said, Syrs, what must I doe to be saued?

³¹And they saide, Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thine houshold.

³²And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house.