Bible Verses About Paul

Around midnight, Sha’ul and Sila were praying and singing hymns to God, while the other prisoners listened attentively.

Suddenly there was a violent earthquake which shook the prison to its foundations. All the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

The jailer awoke, and when he saw the doors open he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, for he assumed that the prisoners had escaped.

But Sha’ul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We’re all here!”

Calling for lights, the jailer ran in, began to tremble and fell down in front of Sha’ul and Sila.

Then, leading them outside, he said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?”

They said, “Trust in the Lord Yeshua, and you will be saved — you and your household!”

Whereupon they told him and everyone in his household the message about the Lord.

Then, even at that late hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed off their wounds; and without delay, he and all his people were immersed.

After that, he brought them up to his house and set food in front of them; and he and his entire household celebrated their having come to trust in God.

The next morning, the judges sent police officers with the order, “Release those men.”

The jailer told Sha’ul, “The judges have sent word to release both of you. So come out, and go on your way in peace.”

But Sha’ul said to the officers, “After flogging us in public when we hadn’t been convicted of any crime and are Roman citizens, they threw us in prison. Now they want to get rid of us secretly? Oh, no! Let them come and escort us out themselves!”

The officers reported these words to the judges, who became frightened when they heard that Sha’ul and Sila were Roman citizens.

They came and apologized to them; then, after escorting them out, requested them to leave the city.

From the prison they went to Lydia’s house, and after seeing and encouraging the brothers they departed.

After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Sha’ul and Sila came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue.

According to his usual practice, Sha’ul went in; and on three Shabbats he gave them drashes from the Tanakh,

explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that “this Yeshua whom I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”

Some of the Jews were persuaded and threw in their lot with Sha’ul and Sila, as did a great many of the Greek men who were “God-fearers,” and not a few of the leading women.

But the unbelieving Jews grew jealous; so they got together some vicious men from the riffraff hanging around in the market square, collected a crowd and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason’s house, hoping to bring Sha’ul and Sila out to the mob.

But when they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city authorities and shouted, “These men who have turned the whole world upside down have come here too!

And Jason has let them stay in his home! All of them are defying the decrees of the Emperor; because they assert that there is another king, Yeshua!”

Their words threw the crowd and the authorities into a turmoil,

so that only after Jason and the others had posted bond did they let them go.