22. The crowd rose up together against them. And the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them.
23. After they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely.
24. Having received such an order, he threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25. At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26. 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 shackles were loosened.
27. When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
28. But Paul shouted, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”
29. He called for lights and rushed in, trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas.
30. He then led them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31. They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you and your household will be saved.”
32. And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his household.
33. In that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds. And immediately he and his entire household were baptized.
34. Then he brought them up to his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced with his entire household believing in God.
35. When it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Release those men.”
36. The prison guard reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to release you. Now therefore depart, and go in peace.”