ACTS 16:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.”
But Paul shouted, 'Don't harm yourself! We are all here!' — Paul's cry (phoneo, to call out loudly) stops the jailer's suicide, while his assurance (pantes hōde esmen, we are all here) identifies him as the prisoners' leader and suggests supernatural restraint kept them from fleeing.
Church Fathers on Acts 16:28
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm: for we are all here Acts 16:28 (b) Then he called for lights, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas; and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (v. 29, 30.) Do you mark how the wonder overpowered him? (a) He wondered more at Paul's kindness; he was amazed at his manly boldness, that he had not escaped when he had it in his power, that he hindered him from…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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