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When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding ^(C1)the jailer to guard them securely;

^(F1)and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in ^(C1)the ^(F2)stocks.

Now about midnight ^(C1)Paul and Silas were praying and ^(C2)singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

and suddenly ^(C1)there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately ^(C2)all the doors were opened, and everyone's ^(C3)chains were unfastened.

When ^(C1)the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about ^(C2)to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped.

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

And the jailer asked for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before ^(C1)Paul and Silas;