Acts 16:24-26
1599 Geneva Bible
24 Who having received such commandment, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet [a]fast in the stocks.
25 [b]Now at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung Psalms unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by and by all the doors opened, and every man’s bands were loosed.
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- Acts 16:24 Because he would be more sure of them, he set them fast in the stocks.
- Acts 16:25 The prayers of the godly do shake both heaven and earth.
Acts 16:24-26
New International Version
24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.(A)
25 About midnight(B) Paul and Silas(C) were praying and singing hymns(D) to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.(E) At once all the prison doors flew open,(F) and everyone’s chains came loose.(G)
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