Acts 16:26 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →A sudden great earthquake shakes the prison to its foundations; every door flies open and every prisoner's bands fall loose.
What Does Acts 16:26 Mean?
Heaven answers the midnight song. The earthquake is strangely precise: the foundations shake, all the doors open, and every man's bonds are loosed, yet no one is harmed and, more remarkable still, no one flees (v. 28).
The Lord who opened Lydia's heart (v. 14) now opens prison doors. As prayer once swung iron gates for Peter (Acts 12:7-10), praise here shakes a Philippian jail. God is a looser of bands, and the stillness of the freed prisoners hints that something greater than escape is filling that room.
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What does Acts 16:26 mean?
A sudden great earthquake shakes the prison to its foundations; every door flies open and every prisoner's bands fall loose.