16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying ¹  and singing hymns to God, ²  and the rest of ³  the prisoners were listening to them. 16:26 Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds ⁴  of all the prisoners came loose. 16:27 When the jailer woke up ⁵  and saw the doors of the prison standing open, ⁶  he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, ⁷  because he assumed ⁸  the prisoners had escaped. 16:28 But Paul called out loudly, ⁹  “Do not harm yourself, ¹⁰  for we are all here!” 16:29 Calling for lights, the jailer ¹¹  rushed in and fell down ¹²  trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas. 16:30 Then he brought them outside ¹³  and asked, “Sirs, what must ¹⁴  I do to be saved?” 16:31 They replied, ¹⁵  “Believe ¹⁶  in the Lord Jesus ¹⁷  and you will be saved, you and your household.” 16:32 Then ¹⁸  they spoke the word of the Lord ¹⁹  to him, along with all those who were in his house. 16:33 At ²⁰  that hour of the night he took them ²¹  and washed their wounds; ²²  then ²³  he and all his family ²⁴  were baptized right away. ²⁵  16:34 The jailer ²⁶  brought them into his house and set food ²⁷  before them, and he rejoiced greatly ²⁸  that he had come to believe ²⁹  in God, together with his entire household. ³⁰  16:35 At daybreak ³¹  the magistrates ³²  sent their police officers, ³³  saying, “Release those men.” 16:36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, ³⁴  “The magistrates have sent orders ³⁵  to release you. So come out now and go in peace.” ³⁶  16:37 But Paul said to the police officers, ³⁷  “They had us beaten in public ³⁸  without a proper trial ³⁹  – even though we are Roman citizens ⁴⁰  – and they threw us ⁴¹  in prison. And now they want to send us away ⁴²  secretly? Absolutely not! They ⁴³  themselves must come and escort us out!” ⁴⁴  16:38 The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas ⁴⁵  were Roman citizens ⁴⁶  16:39 and came ⁴⁷  and apologized to them. After ⁴⁸  they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly ⁴⁹  to leave the city. 16:40 When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then ⁵⁰  departed.

17:1 After they traveled through ⁵¹  Amphipolis ⁵²  and Apollonia, ⁵³  they came to Thessalonica, ⁵⁴  where there was a Jewish synagogue. ⁵⁵