25 Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

26 Suddenly, there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken. All the doors immediately flew open, and everyone's chains were unfastened.

27 When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, for he thought the prisoners had escaped.

28 But Paul shouted in a loud voice, "Don't hurt yourself, for we are all here!"

29 The jailer asked for torches and rushed inside. He was trembling as he knelt in front of Paul and Silas.

30 Then he took them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

31 They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved."

32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and everyone in his home.

33 At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds. Then he and his entire family were baptized immediately.

34 He brought them upstairs into his house and set food before them, and he and everyone in his house were thrilled to be believers in God.