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When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding ^(au)the jailer to guard them securely;

^[l]and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in ^(av)the ^[m]stocks.

But about midnight ^(aw)Paul and Silas were praying and ^(ax)singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

and suddenly ^(ay)there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately ^(az)all the doors were opened and everyone's ^(ba)chains were unfastened.

When ^(bb)the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about ^(bc)to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!"

And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before ^(bd)Paul and Silas,

and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, ^(be)what must I do to be saved?"

They said, "^(bf)Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and ^(bg)your household."

And they spoke the word of ^[n]the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.

And he took them ^(bh)that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.

And he brought them into his house and set ^[o]food before them, and rejoiced ^[p]greatly, having believed in God with ^(bi)his whole household.

Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, "Release those men."

And ^(bj)the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go ^(bk)in peace."

But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us in public without trial, ^(bl)men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out."

The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. ^(bm)They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them ^(bn)to leave the city.

They went out of the prison and entered the house of ^(bo)Lydia, and when they saw ^(bp)the brethren, they ^[q]encouraged them and departed.