Acts 16:25-40 - Corps Notes - October 19, 1976
Acts 16:25-40 October 19, 1976 In Acts 16, we have a seismograph, a device that measures earthquakes. So the Bible wasn’t too far behind the scientists, I guess. Acts 16:25 “Paul and Silas prayed” - You remember Paul and Silas were both Romans, and I showed you that God must have known from the beginning what was going to happen, because the other fellow was not a Roman; the one that came with Silas from Jerusalem. His name was Judas or Barsabbas. He was not Roman, yet Silas was. Here we have the record of these two fellows, Paul and Silas, both Romans, sitting in jail having been beaten, and everything else just contrary to what was supposed to happen to a Roman. “sang praises unto God” - I told you literally it meant, “they were hymning” They were just singing one song after the other and having a great time singing. “and the prisoners heard them” – I can imagine what the prisoners thought. They wondered if these fellows shouldn’t see a psychiatrist, whether they weren’t off their rocker. Acts 16:26 “earthquake” – seismos – in the Greek text “every one’s bands were loosed” - these bands were the bands of the stocks they put their feet in. (Verse 24) Acts 16:27 “keeper of the prison” – “jailor” of verse 23 - is the same word that is translated here “keeper of the prison.” “awaking out of his sleep” – literally it says, “shook awake” - He woke up right away because his teeth were rattling with that earthquake. “supposing that the prisoners had been fled” - Their feet were out of the stocks, everybody was free to run, but the doors were open and nobody ran. Acts 16:28 “Paul cried with a loud voice” - in other words Paul had to yell at the top of his lungs. “Do thyself no harm” – This literally means, “Do nothing evil to yourself.” And the evil would be if he would have sliced his own throat, killed himself. Acts 16:29 “Then he” - the keeper of the prison, the jailor “sprang in” - into that inner prison “he came trembling” – in other words he was just shaking like a l
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“earthquake” – seismos – in the Greek text “every one’s bands were loosed” - these bands were the bands of the stocks they put their feet in. (Verse 24) Acts 16:27 “keeper of the prison” – “jailor” of verse 23 - is the same word that is translated here “keeper of the prison.” “awaking out of his sleep” – literally it says, “shook awake” - He woke up right away because his teeth were rattling with that earthquake. “supposing that the prisoners had been fled” - Their feet were out of the stocks, everybody was free to run, but the doors were open and nobody ran. Acts 16:28 “Paul cried with a loud voice” - in other words Paul had to yell at the top of his lungs. “Do thyself no harm” – This literally means, “Do nothing evil to yourself.” And the evil would be if he would have sliced his own throat, killed himself. Acts 16:29 “Then he” - the keeper of the prison, the jailor “sprang in” - into