they could not be heard

In the bible, in the New Testament,  Acts chapter 16 is the story of the Philippians Jailer being saved.   Paul and Silas were put in prison for basically preaching and witnessing.  The bible says they were chained and put in the inner prison.  I have always heard that this act was alittle over excessive for preachers of the gospel.  Being placed in the inner prison one would think that would be for an harden criminal or mean man.  Definitely an over kill for two preachers of the gospel.  I've always had this thought until a Sunday school student suggested that Paul and Silas was put in there so THAT THEY COULD NOT BE HEARD.   WOW, what a thought, what insight.   The Jailer put them in the inner prison so that they could not be heard.  They did not want Paul and Silas to be heard by the people of the city of Philippi.  You know, there are so many who want to silence the name of Christ and the great gospel message in our day and time.   What could have the Apostle Paul and Silas been saying, that they where put in the inner prison.  They were not a great criminal, just a couple of gospel preachers of Christ.  The law of the land did not want anybody to hear them. 
The gospel of Christ is a great message of salvation.  But it's against Humanism and many other false religious teachings.  But it's the way of salvation, it's the way to God.  For all have sin and come short of the glory of God.  God demonstrated His love toward us, that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.  For by grace are you saved, through faith, and NOT of yourself, it is the gift of God and not of works lest any man should boast.

Dear Christian Friend, many false teachers and secular Humanist will try to silence our great message. But we have a mission and a mandate to preach and teach the gospel in ALL the world. Because it's real and it works.

God bless you,
RevDanSam
revdansam@gmail.com