Acts 16:31
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
In Context
30And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?
32And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.
Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all [their] days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.
Mark 16:16He that believes and is baptised shall be saved, and he that disbelieves shall be condemned.
John 3:15that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.
John 6:40For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 7:37In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
Matthew Henry on Acts 16:26-35
Paul and Silas in Prison; Conversion of the Philippian Jailer. 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 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. 27 And 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… Read the whole commentary →