21Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.
22And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.
23And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
24And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
25But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;
26And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.
27And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.
