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24 Which when he had receaued such commaundement, thrust them into the ynner preson, & made theyr fete fast in the stockes.
25 At mydnyght Paul & Sylas prayed, and lauded God. And the presoners hearde them.
26 And sodenly ther was a greate erthquake, so that the foundacion of the preson was shaken, and immediatly all the dores opened and euery mannes bandes were loosed.
27 When the keper of the preson waked out of his slepe and sawe the preson dores open, he drue out his swearde and wolde haue kylled him selfe supposyng that the presoners had bene fledd.
28 But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying: do thy selfe no harme, for we are all heare.
29 Then he called for a lyght and sprange in and ran tremblynge vnto Paul, and fell downe at the fete of Paul & Sylas,
30 and brought them out, & sayde: Syrs what must I do to be saued?
31 And they sayde: beleue on the Lorde Iesus, & thou shalt be saued & thy housholde.
32 And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, & to all that were in hys house.
33 And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, & wasshed their woundes, and was baptised and all they of hys housholde strayght waye.
34 And when he had brought them into hys house, he set meate before them, and ioyed that he with all his housholde, beleued on God.
35 And when it was daye, the officers sent the ministers, saying: let those men go.
36 The keper of the preson tolde this sayinge to Paul: the officers haue sent word to lose you. Now therfore, get you hence and go in peace.
37 Then sayde Paul vnto them: they haue beaten vs openly vncondemned, for all that we are Romayns, and haue cast vs into preson: & now wolde they sende vs awaye preuely? Naye Uerely, but let them come them selues, & fet vs out.
38 When the ministers tolde these wordes vnto the officers, they feared when they hearde, that they were Romaynes
39 they cam and besought them: and brought them out, and desyred them, to departe out of the cytie.
40 And they went out of the preson, and entred into the house of Lidia, and when they had sene the brethren, they conforted them, and departed