Acts 16:33
31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
32 Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.
At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
34 Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.
35 When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
- KJV
- And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
- WEB
- He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
- ASV
- And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
- DARBY
- And he took them the same hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.
- BLB
- And having taken them in that hour of the night, he washed [them] from the wounds, and immediately he was baptized, and all his [own].
- ÅB
- Så tok han dem til seg i samme time på natten og vasket dem etter slagene, og straks ble han døpt med alle sine,
- OTB
- På den timen av natten tok han dem og vasket deres sår; deretter ble han og hele hans husstand døpt umiddelbart.
- B1930
- Så tok han dem til sig i samme time på natten og vasket dem efter slagene, og straks blev han døpt med alle sine,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 1:16
Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
Read in contextActs 16:15
And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
Read in contextLuke 10:33–34
But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion.
Read in contextActs 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Read in contextGalatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Read in contextMatthew 25:35–40
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
Read in contextGalatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
Read in contextLuke 19:9
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
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