Acts 16:28
But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
In Context
29And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:18Thou shalt not avenge thyself, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am Jehovah.
Psalms 35:14I behaved myself as though [he had been] a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth [for] a mother.
Proverbs 24:11Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
Matthew 5:44But *I* say unto you, Love your enemies, [bless those who curse you,] do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who [insult you and] persecute you,
Luke 10:32and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked [at him] and passed on on the opposite side.
Luke 23:34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And, parting out his garments, they cast lots.
Matthew Henry on Acts 16:26-35
Paul and Silas in Prison; Conversion of the Philippian Jailer. 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 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. 27 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… Read the whole commentary →