Acts 16:32
Then Paul and Silas told the jail boss and his family all about Jesus, and they all believed in Jesus.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
In Context
Cross References
Mark 16:15After that, Jesus said to his followers, “You have to go out to everywhere in the world and tell everybody the good news about me.
Romans 1:14I’ve got to tell God’s word to all sorts of people. I have to tell it to people that have my culture, and to people that have other cultures. I have to tell it to people that can think good and to people that can’t think good. I have to tell everybody God’s word.
Ephesians 3:8I’m not important. All of God’s people are more important than me. But God was good to me, and he gave me this special job. He sent me to tell the people that are not Jews about the really great things that Jesus Christ can give them. These things are so great that nobody can understand them properly.
1 Thessalonians 2:8We loved you so much that we told you the good news about Jesus. And more than that, we were ready to do anything to help you.
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 →