^The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. ^23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. ^24 Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

^25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. ^26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose. ^27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. ^28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”

^29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. ^30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

^31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” ^32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. ^33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized. ^34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole family.

Acts 16:22-34