Acts 16:28

But Paul shouted loudly to him. "Do yourself no harm; for we are all here!"

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27The jailer, roused from sleep, and seeing the doors wide open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped.

29So he called for lights, and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,

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Cross References

Matthew 5:44"But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.

Luke 10:32"In like manner also a Levite who came to the spot, came and looked at him, and passed on the other side.

Luke 23:34Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,

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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