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

"We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.

The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.