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The Lord Who Delivers

Acts 16:25-28

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone's chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, 'Don't harm yourself! We are all here!' (NIVUK)

Paul and Silas were full of praise, singing and praying. Yet they were locked in the depths of a dark prison cell in Philippi. They had been arrested and flogged for preaching the gospel and releasing a demonised slave girl from her oppression (Acts 16:16-21). The authorities assumed that, with their ankles trapped by stocks in the innermost part of the jail, they would be safely out of the way of a vengeful crowd (Acts 16:22-24). The last thing the city leaders wanted was a riot: that would show their weak management and risk their careers, or possibly their lives.