Acts 16:33
And taking them that same hour of the night, he washed their stripes; and was baptised, himself and all who belonged to him immediately.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
32And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all who were in his house.
Cross References
Matthew 25:35for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye received me hospitably:
Luke 19:9Then said Jesus unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, because that he also is a son of Abraham.
Acts 16:23And laying on them many stripes, cast them into prison, commanding the jailor to keep them in safe custody:
1 Corinthians 1:16And I also baptised the household of Stephanus: besides these, I know not if I baptised any other person.
Galatians 5:13For ye have been called unto liberty, brethren; only use not that liberty as a pretext for carnality, but in love be subject one to 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 →