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Acts 16:24-26
Lexham English Bible
Acts 16:24-26
Lexham English Bible
24 Having received such an order, he[a] put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.[b]
The Conversion of the Philippian Jailer
25 Now about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and[c] singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to 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 all the bonds[d] were unfastened.
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- Acts 16:24 Literally “who”
- Acts 16:24 Or possibly “to the block of wood,” referring to a log to which the prisoners were chained or tied
- Acts 16:25 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“were praying”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 16:26 Or “chains”
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