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Acts 16:31-33 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verses 31–33 · King James Version
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. 33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.Acts 16:31-33 · King James Version
Acts 16:31-33 in context
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.
33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
35And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
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Key words (Strong's)
- baptizedbaptizōto dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge , to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to…G907 →
- Believepisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- stripesapoof separation, of local separation, after verbs of motion from a placeG575 →
- stripesplēgēa blow, stripe, a wound, a public calamity, heavy affliction, plagueG4127 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- washedlouōto bathe, wash, of a dead person, washing to cleanse blood out of woundsG3068 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- savedsōzōto save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction, one , to save a…G4982 →
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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