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)