“For whom did that event happen at midnight? And for whom was it accompanied by an earthquake? Listen to God's dispensation and be filled with wonder! The chains were loosed and the doors opened. But this event happened for the jailer alone. It was not for show but salvation. That the prisoners did not know they were f…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 16.25
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28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
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26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
27And 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.
— Acts 16:28 —
29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?