25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
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Rejoice evermore. …
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-34)We have here the designs of the persecutors of Paul and Silas baffled and broken. I. The persecutors designed to dishearten and discourage the preachers of the gospel, and to make them sick of the cause and weary of their work; but here we find them both hearty and heartened. 1. They were themselves hearty, wonderfully hearty; never were poor prisoners so truly cheerful, nor so far from laying the…
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