Acts 16:31
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
American Standard Version
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 brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
32And they spake the word of the Lord unto him, with all that were in his house.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Jeremiah 32:39and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
John 3:15that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
John 6:40For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 7:37Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto 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 →