Acts 16:25 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 16:25

23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.

24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

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25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

26 ^aSuddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately ^ball the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.

27 And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.

28 But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”

Verse Comparison: Acts 16:25

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American Standard Version
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

Amplified® Bible
But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them,

Contemporary English Version
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, while the other prisoners listened.

Darby English Version
And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

Good News Bible
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

International Standard Version
Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

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

New American Standard Bible
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

New International Version
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

New King James Version
But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But about midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners listened to them;

Young's Literal Translation
And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

New English Translation
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying¹ and singing hymns to God,² and the rest of³ the prisoners were listening to them.

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