Acts 16:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁶ and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened; and every one's bands were loosed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 every one's bands were loosed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and at once all the doors were opened and everyone's shackles were unfastened.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened; and every one’s bands were loosed.

Common English Bible

²⁶ All at once there was such a violent earthquake that it shook the prison’s foundations. The doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Yet truly, there was a sudden earthquake, so great that the foundations of the prison were moved. And immediately all the doors were opened, and the bindings of everyone were released.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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 bands of all were loosed.

Acts 16:26 Cross References

1 Kings 13:28

And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

Psalm 102:20

To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

Psalm 146:7

Which executeth judgement for the oppressed; Which giveth food to the hungry: The LORD looseth the prisoners;

Psalm 68:6

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity: But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Psalm 79:11

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

Isaiah 42:7

to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord GODis upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Matthew 28:2

And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.

Acts 12:10

And when they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightway the angel departed from him.

Acts 12:7

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

Acts 4:31

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

Acts 5:19

But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,

Revelation 11:13

And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Revelation 6:12

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;