Acts 16:25

Then, in the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were praying and praising God. And those who were also in custody were listening to them.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

24And since he had received this kind of order, he cast them into the interior prison cell, and he restricted their feet with stocks.

26Yet truly, there was a sudden earthquake, so great that the foundations of the prison were moved. And immediately all the doors were opened, and the bindings of everyone were released.

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Cross References

Job 35:10Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,

Psalms 34:1Of David himself. O Lord, judge those who harm me; assail those who attack me.

Psalms 50:15I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you.

Psalms 77:2I will open my mouth in parables. I will speak about concepts that are from the beginning.

Psalms 91:15They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, and they will endure well,

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:17-25

The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit; Persecution of Philippi. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he… Read the whole commentary →

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