Acts 16:31
And they said to him: Believe on the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, and thou wilt have life, thou and thy house.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 he brought them out, and said to them: My lords, what must I do, that I may have life?
32And they spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all the members of his house.
Cross References
Mark 16:16He that believeth, and is baptized, liveth; but he that believeth not, is condemned.
John 3:15that every one who believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life eternal.
John 6:40For this is the pleasure of my Father, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 7:37And on the great day, which was the last of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, and said: 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 →