About midnight. Note they were praying and singing in spite of their physical condition and the place where they were! Suddenly there was a violent earthquake. This was God's answer. Compare Acts 4:31; Acts 5:19. And was about to kill himself. Guards who allowed prisoners to escape forfeited their own lives (Acts 12:19). A Roman would commit suicide under these circumstances. But Paul shouted. Paul could see out of the darkness through the now opened doors. He and Silas were still there, and the other prisoners were probably too shocked to move.

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