Bible verse
Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
Acts 16:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 16.
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
26 Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
27 When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
28 But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
29 Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
30 Then he 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 Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.
33 At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
KJV
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
ASV
And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,
ERV
And he called for lights, and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,
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