Acts 16:25

And at midnight, Paul and Silas praying, praised God. And they that were in prison, heard them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24Who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and the bands of all were loosed.

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Cross References

Job 35:10And he hath not said : Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?

Psalms 34:1For David, when he changed his countenance before Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way. [1 Kings 21.]

Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalms 77:2I cried to the Lord with my voice; to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.

Psalms 91:15He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.

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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