Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Acts 16:25

“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.”

Acts 16:25 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Acts 16:25, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Acts 16. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

26 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.

27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:16Rejoice evermore.
  • Psalms 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
  • James 1:2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
  • Romans 5:3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
  • 1 Peter 1:6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
  • Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
  • Psalms 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
  • Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
  • Matthew 5:10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • Colossians 3:15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
  • Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
  • Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
  • Ephesians 5:19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

More to meet God in Acts

Acts 16:31Acts 4:12Acts 1:8Acts 24:25Acts 26:18Acts 3:19Acts 14:15Acts 26:6Acts 20:28Acts 5:31Acts 10:36Acts 9:31Acts 26:20Acts 20:24

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.