"Paul and Silas in Jail" is a gospel blues song written by Washington Phillips (1880–1954), and recorded by him (vocals and zither) in 1927.

According to the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul and Silas were in Philippi (a former city in present-day Greece), where they were arrested, flogged, and imprisoned for causing a public nuisance.

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

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.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.