24. When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and secured their feet to a stake.
25. About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God as the prisoners listened,
26. there was suddenly such a severe earthquake that the foundations of the jail shook; all the doors flew open, and the chains of all were pulled loose.
27. When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew [his] sword and was about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped.
28. But Paul shouted out in a loud voice, “Do no harm to yourself; we are all here.”
29. He asked for a light and rushed in and, trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas.