Acts 16:25

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God; and the prisoners heard them.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And at midnight - Probably their painful posture, and the sufferings of their recent scourging, prevented their. sleeping. Yet, though they had n...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (15) The prayers of the godly do shake both hea...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Imprisonment of Paul and Silas. The Prison Broken. The rulers ( Acts 16:19 ) are the heads of police; they are afterwards called Strategi, which...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

midnight . Greek. meaonuktion. Only here, Acts 20:7 ; Mark 13:35 . Luke 11:5 . prayed, and . praying. Greek. proseuchomai. App-134. sang p...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. At midnight Paul and Silas - sang praises - Though th...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And at midnight Paul and Silas, &c.— These blessed apostles were as little daunted at suffering, as elevated when they were caressed and about...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul in Europe 1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother...
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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises. — Better, praying, they Were singing hymns, the Greek expressing one act rather than two...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Salvation in the Jail Acts 16:25-40 Some, as we have seen, are converted by the gentle opening of the heart; others amid the convulsions of the...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in view of the rec...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (26) And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so th...
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And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed , When others were asleep, and all things were still and quiet; Psalms 119:62 , and they prayed doubtless for...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. Ver. 25. Sang praises unto God ] His presence tur...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

At midnight Paul and Silas prayed Doubtless, for their persecutors as well as for themselves; and sang praises unto God Notwithstanding weariness...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who had evide...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No time or place where prayer is not acceptable unto God, and prevalent with him; nay, it sounds the sweeter when on the waters of affliction a good...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Arrest and Imprisonment Lead To Additions To The Church In Philippi (16:19-34). But the problem was that what he had done would hit at men's pocke...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great ea...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 16:19 . The rulers, ἄρχοντες, were the town magistrates ( Luke 12:58 ). Acts 16:20 . The magistrates , στρατηγοί, were...
Scofield Reference Notes

prayed Literally, were praying and singing hymns.
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 16:9 . And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

A certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination. The Pythoness The words, literally, are as in the margin, a spirit of Python, or, as so...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone. Apostolic duty and vicissitudes I. Christ’s servants will use whatever power th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:6-8 ; 1 Peter 4:14 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:16 ; 2 Corinthians 4:17 ; 2 Corinthians 4:8 ; 2 Corinthians 4:9 ; 2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Paul and Silas sung a hymn to God — Notwithstanding weariness, hunger stripes, and blood. And the prisoners heard — A song to which they were not a...

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

Related Commentaries of Acts 16:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 16:25