Acts 16:27

First Nations Version

When the headman of the prison woke up and saw all the prison doors standing open, he took his long knife and was going to kill himself, for he thought all the prisoners had escaped.

Cross References

Acts 12:19

Looks Brave (Herod) came and searched for him also. When he could not find him, he questioned the guards and then ordered them to be put to death. He then traveled down from the Land of Promise (Judea) to Chief Village (Caesarea) and stayed there.

Matthew 27:5

He threw the thirty pieces of silver on the floor of the sacred lodge and ran away in sorrow. He then left them and hanged himself. As the light of the sunrise grew brighter on the horizon, his lifeless body could be seen hanging from the branch of a tree. He could not live with what he had done. The head holy men did not know what to do with the pieces of silver.

Acts 16:28

But Small Man (Paul) shouted out to him, “Do not harm yourself, we are all here!”

Acts 16:36

So the headman of the prison told Small Man (Paul), “The council has instructed me to release you. You may go in peace.”