Acts 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
In Context
24On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Cross References
Job 35:10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
Psalms 34:1I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Psalms 119:62At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
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 →