Acts 16:27
“And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep,.... Not so much by the loud voices of Paul and Silas, as by the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Would have killed himself - This was done in the midst of agitation and alarm. He supposed that the prisoners had fled.…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The keeper of the prison - would have killed himself - Every jailor was made responsible for his prisoner, under the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 16:25-34
We have here the designs of the persecutors of Paul and Silas baffled and broken.
I. The persecutors designed to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
And the keeper of the prison The word is rendered jailorin 23, and might well be so here (as R. V.), otherwise the…
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