They Are Listening
At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them (Acts 16:25 NIV) The sixteenth chapter of the Book of Acts contains a true life drama that would make a wonderful stage production were it to be written as such. The account is of an event in the lives of first century missionaries, Paul and Silas. The script for it might look something like this: LOCATION : the town of Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of the district of Macedonia (Acts 16:11) . SETTING : the city jail. SCENARIO : Paul and Silas, having been falsely accused, convicted, and beaten for inciting a riot, have been taken to the local jail and placed under the watchful eye of the jailer. During the night a chain of miraculous events allows the missionaries to effect a monumental and eternal change in the lives of the jailer, members of his household, and perhaps some of their fellow inmates. CHARACTERS ...