16:22 The crowd joined the attack 13 against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes 14 off Paul and Silas 15 and ordered them to be beaten with rods. 16 16:23 After they had beaten them severely, 17 they threw them into prison and commanded 18 the jailer to guard them securely. 16:24 Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell 19 and fastened their feet in the stocks. 20
16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying 21 and singing hymns to God, 22 and the rest of 23 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 24 of all the prisoners came loose.