Acts 16:28

and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 be fled,

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

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:18'Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I [am] Jehovah.

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

Proverbs 24:11If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter — thou keepest back.

Matthew 5:44but I — 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 about 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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