Acts 16:26
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.
Cross-references
Acts 4:31 records a shaking after prayer — here an earthquake shakes the prison after prayer and song.
Acts 5:19 describes an angel opening prison doors — here an earthquake opens the doors.
Acts 12:7 has Peter's chains falling off — here all prisoners' chains come loose.
Acts 12:10 has an iron gate opening by itself — here prison doors fly open.
Psalm 146:7 declares 'The Lord sets the prisoners free'—Acts 16:26 demonstrates that truth dramatically through an earthquake.
Isaiah 42:7 prophesies bringing prisoners out of darkness—the earthquake in Acts accomplishes that literally for Paul and Silas.
In Matthew 28:2, an earthquake also marks divine intervention at the resurrection—rolling away the stone, just as doors open here. Both show God breaking barriers.
Psalm 18:7 describes an earthquake as God's response—the same divine shaking that opens prison doors here.
Psalm 107:14 says God bursts bonds—the same liberation from chains that happens here.
Psalm 79:11 prays for God to hear prisoners' groans and preserve them—Acts shows God answering that prayer dramatically by releasing them.