Skip to content
Methodist Church Nadiad
The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

Acts 16:27 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીપ્રેરિતોનાં કૃત્યો ૧૬:૨૭
જેલર ઊંઘમાંથી જાગી ઊઠ્યો, અને જેલના દરવાજા ખુલ્લાં જોઈને કેદીઓ નાસી ગયા હશે, એમ વિચારીને તે તરવાર ઉગામીને આત્મહત્યા કરવા જતો હતો.
हिन्दीप्रेरितों के काम १६:२७
और दरोगा जाग उठा, और बन्दीगृह के द्वार खुले देखकर समझा कि कैदी भाग गए, अतः उसने तलवार खींचकर अपने आपको मार डालना चाहा।

In context

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

26Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

27The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”

29He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

Read the whole chapter

Ask us anything

Try asking

This assistant searches this website and the Bible, and uses AI for general questions about the Bible — those answers are marked. It cannot answer everything; for anything personal, please speak to our pastors.