Acts 16:27
“And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleepe, and seeing the prison doores open, he drew out his sword, and would haue killed himselfe, supposing that the prisoners had beene fled.”
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Acts 16:27 Context
25¶ And at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises vnto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doores were opened, and euery ones bands were loosed. 27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleepe, and seeing the prison doores open, he drew out his sword, and would haue killed himselfe, supposing that the prisoners had beene fled. 28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Doe thy selfe no harme, for we are all heere. 29Then hee called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell downe before Paul and Silas,
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And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
- King James Version
When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
- New American Standard Version (1995)