Acts 16:25 Parallel Translations

Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

ASV:

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

BBE:

But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

DBY:

And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

ERV:

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

WEY:

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

WBS:

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.

WEB:

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

YLT:

And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

Acts 16:25 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 16:19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the authorities,

Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

16:25 {15} And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
(15) The prayers of the godly do shake both heaven and earth.

PNT:

16:25 Prayed, and sang praises unto God. Never before had such sounds at midnight been heard from that inner dungeon. Bound, fettered, tortured, the spirit still had liberty, could pray, and praise God.

WES:

16:25 Paul and Silas sung a hymn to God - Notwithstanding weariness, hunger stripes, and blood. And the prisoners heard - A song to which they were not accustomed.

MHC:

16:25-34 The consolations of God to his suffering servants are neither few nor small. How much more happy are true Christians than their prosperous enemies! As in the dark, so out of the depths, we may cry unto God. No place, no time is amiss for prayer, if the heart be lifted up to God. No trouble, however grievous, should hinder us from praise. Christianity proves itself to be of God, in that it obliges us to be just to our own lives. Paul cried aloud to make the jailer hear, and to make him heed, saying, Do thyself no harm. All the cautions of the word of God against sin, and all appearances of it, and approaches to it, have this tendency. Man, woman, do not ruin thyself; hurt not thyself, and then none else can hurt thee; do not sin, for nothing but that can hurt thee. Even as to the body, we are cautioned against the sins which do harm to that. Converting grace changes people's language of and to good people and good ministers. How serious the jailer's inquiry! His salvation becomes his great concern; that lies nearest his heart, which before was furthest from his thoughts. It is his own precious soul that he is concerned about. Those who are thoroughly convinced of sin, and truly concerned about their salvation, will give themselves up to Christ. Here is the sum of the whole gospel, the covenant of grace in a few words; Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. The Lord so blessed the word, that the jailer was at once softened and humbled. He treated them with kindness and compassion, and, professing faith in Christ, was baptized in that name, with his family. The Spirit of grace worked such a strong faith in them, as did away further doubt; and Paul and Silas knew by the Spirit, that a work of God was wrought in them. When sinners are thus converted, they will love and honour those whom they before despised and hated, and will seek to lessen the suffering they before desired to increase. When the fruits of faith begin to appear, terrors will be followed by confidence and joy in God.

CONC:

Hearing Hymns Listened Listening Making Middle Midnight Paul Praise Praises Praising Prayed Prayers Praying Prisoners Sang Silas Singing Songs

Heard Hymns Listening Making Middle Midnight Night Paul Praise Praises Praising Prayed Prayers Praying Prisoners Sang Silas Singing Songs

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