Acts 16:25 KJV

Acts · chapter 16 · verse 25

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.Acts 16:25 · King James Version

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Acts 16:25 in context

23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard 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 every one’s bands were loosed.

27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

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Commentary

We have here the designs of the persecutors of Paul and Silas baffled and broken. I. The persecutors designed to dishearten and discourage the preachers of the gospel, and to make them sick of the cause and weary of their work; but here we find them both hearty and heartened. 1.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-34

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Key words (Strong's)

prisonersdesmiosbound, in bonds, a captive, a prisonerG1198 →
midnightmesonyktionmidnightG3317 →
praiseshymneōto sing the praise of, sing hymns to, to sing a hymn, to sing, singing of paschal hymns…G5214 →
prayedproseuchomaito offer prayers, to prayG4336 →
SilassilasSilas = "woody", a Roman citizen, the companion of the apostle Paul on several of his…G4609 →
heardepakroaomaito listen toG1874 →

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