Study it in the app“And the jailer, waking up and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.”
Andδὲthe jailer,ὁ δεσμοφύλαξwaking upἔξυπνος γενόμενοςandκαὶseeingἰδὼνthe doorsτὰς θύραςof the prisonτῆς φυλακῆςopened,ἀνεῳγμέναςdrewσπασάμενοςhis swordτὴν μάχαιρανandwas aboutἤμελλενto killἀναιρεῖνhimself,ἑαυτὸνsupposingνομίζωνthatthe prisonersτοὺς δεσμίουςhad escaped.ἐκπεφευγέναι
jailer
Jailer.
Where else “desmophylax” appearsawake
Awakened out of sleep.
Where else “exypnos” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genomenos” appearssee
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idōn” appearsdoor
The opening that closes the entrance of a house, a room or a tomb.
Where else “thyras” appearsprison
The place where prisoners are shut in.
Where else “phylakēs” appearsopen
Open.
Where else “aneōigmenas” appearsdraw
Draw a sword.
Where else “spasamenos” appearssword
Sword.
Where else “machairan” appearsbe about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “ēmellen” appearskill
To end someone's life, to do away with them.
Where else “anairein” appearsthink, suppose
Think, suppose, consider something to be so.
Where else “nomizōn” appearsprisoner
Prisoner.
Where else “desmious” appearsescape
Escape, flee away.
Where else “ekpepheugenai” appears26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
27 · This verse (above)
28But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!”
1. What it says
What do Paul and Silas do at midnight in prison, and what happens afterward? (vv. 25-26)
2. What it means
Why does the jailer ask what he must do, and how do Paul and Silas answer him? (vv. 27-31)
3. How I live it
Paul and Silas prayed and sang on a very hard night (v. 25). What gives you courage when you go through a night like that?
