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Acts 16:27 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verse 27
And 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.Acts 16:27 · King James Version
Acts 16:27 in context
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.
29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
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Key words (Strong's)
- awakingginomaito becomeG1096 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- prisondesmophylaxa keeper of a prison, a jailorG1200 →
- seeingeidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
- prisonphylakēguard, watch, a watching, keeping watch, to keep watch, persons keeping watch, a guard…G5438 →
- killedanaireōto take up, to lift up , to take up for myself as mine, to own , to take away, abolish…G337 →
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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