Acts 16:33
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
32And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:7When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Matthew 25:35for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
Luke 19:9And Jesus said to him, To-day salvation is come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;
Acts 16:23And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;
1 Corinthians 1:16Yes, I baptised also the house of Stephanas; for the rest I know not if I have baptised any other.
Galatians 5:13For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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 →