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Acts 16:18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

Acts 16:18 ESV

And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.

Acts 16:19 ESV

But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

Acts 16:20 ESV

And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.

Acts 16:21 ESV

They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice.”

Acts 16:22 ESV

The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.

Acts 16:23 ESV

And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.

Acts 16:24 ESV

Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Acts 16:25 ESV

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them

Acts 16:26 ESV

and 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.

Acts 16:27 ESV

When 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.

Acts 16:28 ESV

But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”