(22)And the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them with rods. (23)And having laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; (24)who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. (25)And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God; and the prisoners listened to them. (26)And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and the chains of all were loosed. (27)And the jailer, awaking out of sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled. (28)But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying: Do thyself no harm; for we are all here. (29)And calling for lights, he sprang in, and trembling fell down before Paul and Silas; (30)and having brought them out, he said: Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (31)And they said: Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (32)And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. (33)And taking them along, the same hour of the night, he washed their stripes; and was immersed, himself and all his, immediately. (34)And having brought them up into his house, he set food before them, and rejoiced, with all his house, believing in God. (35)And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying: Let those men go. (36)And the keeper of the prison reported these words to Paul: The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore depart, and go in peace. (37)But Paul said to them: They beat us openly, uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they send us forth secretly? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out. (38)And the sergeants reported these words to the magistrates; and they were afraid, when they heard that they were Romans. (39)And they came and besought them, and bringing them out, entreated them to depart out of the city. (40)And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia; and seeing the brethren they exhorted them, and departed. XVII. AND passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews. (2)And Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, (3)opening them, and setting forth that the Christ must suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom I preach to you. (4)And some of them believed, and joined themselves to[17:4] Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.