Acts 16:31
But they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 bringing them out, he said: Masters, what must I do, that I may be saved?
32And they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.
Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all days : and that it may be well with them, and with their children after them.
Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned.
John 3:15That whosoever believeth in him, may not perish; but may have life everlasting.
John 6:40And this is the will of my Father that sent me: that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, may have life everlasting, and I will raise him up in the last day.
John 7:37And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man 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 →