Acts 16 tells about the arrest of Paul and Silas, their beating and then their imprisonment. Verses 22-30 tell the story!
22 The crowd [also] joined in the attack upon them, and the rulers tore the clothes off of them and commanded that they be beaten with rods.
23 And when they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.
24 He, having received [so strict a] charge, put them into the inner prison (the dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them,
26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and at once all the doors were opened and everyone's shackles were unfastened.
27 When the jailer, startled out of his sleep, saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, because he supposed that the prisoners had escaped.
28 But Paul shouted, Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!
29 Then [the jailer] called for lights and rushed in, and trembling and terrified he fell down before Paul and Silas.
30 And he brought them out [of the dungeon] and said, Men, what is it necessary for me to do that I may be saved?
Notice that Paul and Silas did not escape persecution and tribulation. BUT, when they chose to "count it all joy" and began to give praise and worship to the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible, THEY WERE DELIVERED BY HIM! AMEN! And their situation had a profound and life-changing effect on the jailer! His eternity was changed! Practice YOUR joyful praise so that when YOU come up against seemingly impossible situations, it will be AUTOMATIC for you to react in the way that will bring God's deliverance on the scene! AMEN! Below are two pictures from what MAY be the prison that Paul and Silas were held in:
Israel and the surrounding lands are FILLED with places like this where the Biblical accounts just come alive! They were very real and one day we will see it all replayed! Exciting!
Shalom in Him!
