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Acts 16:29-30 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verses 29–30
29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?Acts 16:29-30 · King James Version
Acts 16:29-30 in context
27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
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Key words (Strong's)
- tremblingentromostrembling, terrifiedG1790 →
- broughtproagōto lead forward, lead forth, one from a place in which he has lain hidden from view, as…G4254 →
- calledaiteōto ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, requireG154 →
- beforeprospiptōto fall forwards, fall down, prostrate one's self before, in homage or supplication at…G4363 →
- lightphōslight, the light, emitted by a lamp, a heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they…G5457 →
- cameginomaito becomeG1096 →
- PaulpaulosPaul or Paulus = " small or little" , Paul was the most famous of the apostles…G3972 →
- saidphēmito make known one's thoughts, to declare, to sayG5346 →
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We have here the designs of the persecutors of Paul and Silas baffled and broken. I. The persecutors designed to dishearten and discourage the preachers of the gospel, and to make them sick of the cause and weary of their work; but here we find them both hearty and heartened. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-34