^{23 Ref} When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

^{24 Ref} who, having received such a charge, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

^{25 Ref} But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

^{26 Ref} Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.

^{27 Ref} The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.