Acts 16:33

And that very hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds, and he himself and everyone belonging to him were baptised without delay.

Open English Bible (UK)

In The King James Version

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

In Context

32Then they spoke to him of God’s message, and to all his household as well.

34Afterwards he took them up to his house and set before them something to eat, rejoicing that he, with all his household, had come to believe in God.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:35For, when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was a stranger, you took me to your homes;

Luke 19:9‘Salvation has come to this house today,’ answered Jesus, ‘for even this man is a son of Abraham.

Acts 16:23After beating them severely, the Magistrates put them in prison, with orders to the jailer to keep them in safe custody.

1 Corinthians 1:16I baptised also the household of Stephanas. I do not know that I baptised anyone else.

Galatians 5:13Remember, friends, to you the call came to give you freedom. Only, do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence but serve one another in a loving spirit.

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 →

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