Acts 16:25
Context| NETBible | About midnight Paul and Silas were praying 1 and singing hymns to God, 2 and the rest of 3 the prisoners were listening to them. |
| XREF | Ezr 3:12,13; Job 35:10; Ps 22:2; Ps 34:1; Ps 42:8; Ps 50:15; Ps 71:7; Ps 77:2; Ps 77:6; Ps 91:15; Ps 119:55,62; Isa 30:29; Zec 3:8; Mt 5:10,11; Mt 26:38,39; Lu 6:22,23; Lu 22:44; Ac 5:41; Ro 5:3; Ro 12:12; 2Co 4:8,9,16; 2Co 4:17; 2Co 6:10; Php 2:17; Php 4:4-7; Col 1:24; Col 3:15-17; 1Th 5:16-18; Heb 5:7; Jas 1:2; Jas 5:13; 1Pe 1:6-8; 1Pe 4:14 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “praying, were singing.” The participle προσευχόμενοι (proseucomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. 2 sn Praying and singing hymns to God. Tertullian said, “The legs feel nothing in the stocks when the heart is in heaven” (To the Martyrs 2; cf. Rom 5:3; Jas 1:2; 1 Pet 5:6). The presence of God means the potential to be free (cf. v. 26). 3 tn The words “the rest of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. |
