Acts 16:31
and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved — thou and thy house;'
Young's Literal Translation
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 having brought them forth, said, 'Sirs, what must I do — that I may be saved?'
32and they spake to him the word of the Lord, and to all those in his household;
Cross References
Genesis 18:19for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'
Jeremiah 32:39and I have given to them one heart, and one way, to fear Me all the days, for good to them, and to their sons after them:
Mark 16:16he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.
John 3:15that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,
John 6:40and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.'
John 7:37And in the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, 'If any one doth 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 →