Acts 16:28
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying: Do thyself no harm, for we all are here.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
In Context
29Then calling for a light, he went in, and trembling, fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:18Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of the injury of thy citizens. Thou shalt love thy friend as thyself. I am the Lord.
Psalms 35:14As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please : as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled.
Proverbs 24:11Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver.
Matthew 5:44But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:
Luke 10:32In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by.
Luke 23:34And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, 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 →