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The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.

And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

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

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

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

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

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

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

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

And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

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

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

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

Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

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

And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

And they spoke the word of God to him together with all who were in his house.

And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

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

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and was overjoyed, since he had become a believer in God together with his whole household.

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

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

And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.