Acts 16:28

and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, “You may not do yourself any harm, for we are all here!”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

In Context

27and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to have fled,

29And having asked for a light, he sprang in, and he fell down before Paul and Silas trembling,

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:18You do not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of your people; and you have had love for your neighbor as yourself; I [am] YHWH.

Psalms 35:14As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, || I habitually walked, || As a mourner for a mother, || I have bowed down mourning.

Proverbs 24:11If [from] delivering those taken to death, || And you take back those slipping to the slaughter.

Matthew 5:44but I say to you, love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

Luke 10:32and in like manner also, a Levite, having been around the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.

Luke 23:34And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do”; and parting His garments they cast a lot.

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 →

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