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Acts 16:27

NETBible	When the jailer woke up¹ and saw the doors of the prison standing open,² he drew his sword and was about to kill himself,³ because he assumed⁴ the prisoners had escaped.
NIV © biblegateway Act 16:27	The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
NASB © biblegateway Act 16:27	When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
NLT © biblegateway Act 16:27	The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself.
MSG © biblegateway Act 16:27	Startled from sleep, the jailer saw all the doors swinging loose on their hinges. Assuming that all the prisoners had escaped, he pulled out his sword and was about to do himself in, figuring he was as good as dead anyway,
BBE © SABDAweb Act 16:27	And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 16:27	When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he supposed that the prisoners had escaped.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 16:27	And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.
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KJV	And <1161> the keeper of the prison <1200> awaking <1096> (5637) out of his sleep <1853>_, and <2532> seeing <1492> (5631) the prison <5438> doors <2374> open <455> (5772)_, he drew out <4685> (5671) his sword <3162>_, and would <3195> (5707) have killed <337> (5721) himself <1438>_, supposing <3543> (5723) that the prisoners <1198> had been fled <1628> (5755)_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 16:27	When the jailer <1200> awoke <1853> and saw <3708> the prison <5438> doors <2374> opened <455> , he drew <4685> his sword <3162> and was about <3195> to kill <337> himself <1438> , supposing <3543> that the prisoners <1198> had escaped <1628> .
NET [draft] ITL	When the jailer <1200> woke up <1853> and <2532> saw <1492> the doors <2374> of the prison <5438> standing open <455> , he drew <4685> his sword <3162> and was about <3195> to kill <337> himself <1438> , because he assumed <3543> the prisoners <1198> had escaped <1628> .
GREEK	exupnov <1853> A-NSM de <1161> CONJ genomenov <1096> (5637) V-2ADP-NSM o <3588> T-NSM desmofulax <1200> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ idwn <1492> (5631) V-2AAP-NSM anewgmenav <455> (5772) V-RPP-APF tav <3588> T-APF yurav <2374> N-APF thv <3588> T-GSF fulakhv <5438> N-GSF spasamenov <4685> (5671) V-AMP-NSM thn <3588> T-ASF macairan <3162> N-ASF hmellen <3195> (5707) V-IAI-3S-ATT eauton <1438> F-3ASM anairein <337> (5721) V-PAN nomizwn <3543> (5723) V-PAP-NSM ekpefeugenai <1628> (5755) V-2RAN touv <3588> T-APM desmiouv <1198> N-APM

NETBible

When the jailer woke up¹ and saw the doors of the prison standing open,² he drew his sword and was about to kill himself,³ because he assumed⁴ the prisoners had escaped.

NET Notes

¹tn L&N 23.75 has “had awakened” here. It is more in keeping with contemporary English style, however, to keep the two verbal ideas parallel in terms of tense (“when the jailer woke up and saw”) although logically the second action is subsequent to the first.

²tn The additional semantic component “standing” is supplied (“standing open”) to convey a stative nuance in English.

³sn Was about to kill himself. The jailer’s penalty for failing to guard the prisoners would have been death, so he contemplated saving the leaders the trouble (see Acts 12:19; 27:42).

⁴tn Or “thought.”