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Acts 16:26 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verse 26
And 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.Acts 16:26 · King James Version
Acts 16:26 in context
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.
28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
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Key words (Strong's)
- foundationsthemelioslaid down as a foundation, the foundation , metaph. the foundations, beginnings, first…G2310 →
- immediatelyparachrēmaimmediately, forthwith, instantlyG3916 →
- earthquakeseismosa shaking, a commotion, a tempest, an earthquakeG4578 →
- suddenlyaphnōsuddenlyG869 →
- prisondesmōtēriona prison, a jailG1201 →
- shakensaleuōa motion produced by winds, storms, waves, etc, to agitate or shake, to cause to totter…G4531 →
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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