Acts 16:25

About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and while the prisoners were listening to them,

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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 so strict an order, the Governor put them into the inner cell, and secured their feet in the stocks.

26suddenly there was an earthquake of such violence that the jail was shaken to its foundations; all the doors flew open, and all the prisoners’ chains were loosened.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:1I will bless the Lord at all times, in my mouth will his praise be forever.

Psalms 50:15Summon me in the day of distress, I will rescue you, so will you honor me.”

Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night I lift my hands in prayer, refusing all comfort.

Psalms 91:15I will answer their cry and be with them in trouble, bringing them forth into safety and honor.

Psalms 119:62At midnight I rise to praise you because of 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 →

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