Verse 25
Acts 16:25
Bible in Basic English
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But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God (Elohim) in the hearing of the prisoners;
Original Language Text
greek
Κατὰ δὲ τὸ μεσονύκτιον Παῦλος καὶ Σιλᾶς προσευχόμενοι ὕμνουν τὸν θεόν, ἐπηκροῶντο δὲ αὐτῶν οἱ δέσμιοι·
English Translation
But at midnight Paul and Silas, praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
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Chapter 16 Context
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And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother...
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Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.
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Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were...
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And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and...
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So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.
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And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them ta...
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And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Yashua (Jesus)...
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And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.
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And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over i...
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And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it see...
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So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;
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And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we...
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And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be...
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And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God (Elohim...
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And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you th...
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And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowle...
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She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God (...
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And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit...
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But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them...
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And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly...
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Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.
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And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them...
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And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the...
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And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
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But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God (Elohim) in t...
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And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors c...
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And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was ab...
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But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.
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And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul...
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And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?
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And they said, Have faith in the Lord Yashua (Jesus), and you and your family will have salvation.
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And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.
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And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he a...
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And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God (Elo...
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But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.
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And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go i...
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But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and h...
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And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hear...
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Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away f...
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And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers...
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