Acts 16:25 (WEB)
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“We read also in the gospel how the Lord spent whole nights in prayer and how the apostles when they were shut up in prison kept vigil all night long, singing their psalms until the earth quaked, and the keeper of the prison believed, and the magistrates and citizens were filled with terror.” — editor's note: Acts xvi. 25–38.
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Tertullian
“In every place, he means, which opportunity or even necessity, may have rendered suitable: for that which was done by the apostles (who, in gaol, in the audience of the prisoners, “began praying and singing to God”) is not considered to have been done contrary to the precept; nor yet that…” — editor's note: Paul and Silas (Acts xvi. 25).
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Clement of Alexandria
“Wherefore we ought often to rise by night and bless God.” — editor's note: [Holy men, on waking in the night, have always used ejaculations, even when unable to rise. Ps. cxix. 62; Acts xvi. 25.]
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Of this same thing in the Acts of the Apostles: “But about the middle of the night Paul and Silas prayed and gave thanks to God, and the prisoners heard them.”” — editor's note: Acts xvi. 25.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Happy is he who, in all that he suffers unjustly for righteousness’ sake, can say with truth, “My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready;” for this it is that gives cause for that which follows: “I will sing and I give praise;” which Paul and Barnabas could do even in the cruellest of bonds.” — editor's note: Here probably we should read Silas, according to Acts xvi. 25.—Migne.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 24.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in The Instructor II.9.
Cited together in The Instructor II.9.
Cited together in The Instructor II.9.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in The Instructor II.9.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 24.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 24.
Cited together in The Instructor II.9.
Cited together in The Instructor II.9.
Cited together in The Instructor II.9.
Cited together in The Instructor II.9.