Study it in the app“And when she was immersed, and her household, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.”
Andδὲwhenὡςshe was immersed,ἐβαπτίσθηandκαὶher household,ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆςshe urged us,παρεκάλεσενsaying,λέγουσα“IfΕἰyou have judgedκεκρίκατέmeμεto beεἶναιa believerπιστὴνin the Lord,τῷ κυρίῳcomeεἰσελθόντεςintoεἰςmy houseτὸν οἶκόν μουandstay.”μένετεAndκαὶshe prevailed uponπαρεβιάσατοus.ἡμᾶς
immerse
To put someone into water; "baptize" comes from it.
Where else “ebaptisthē” appearshousehold
The family, or a people descended from one man, like Israel.
Where else “oikos” appearsbeg
To call someone to your side, implore them.
Where else “parekalesen” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legousa” appearsdecide
To make up one's mind, or think something is so.
Where else “kekrikate” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appearsbeliever
Someone who trusts in Jesus.
Where else “pistēn” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriōi” appearsenter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthontes” appearsstay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “menete” appearsurge
Urge strongly, press someone until they agree.
Where else “parebiasato” appears14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, was listening; the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.
15 · This verse (above)
16And it happened as we were going to the place of prayer that a certain slave girl who had a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
1. What it says
What do Paul and Silas do at midnight in prison, and what happens afterward? (vv. 25-26)
2. What it means
Why does the jailer ask what he must do, and how do Paul and Silas answer him? (vv. 27-31)
3. How I live it
Paul and Silas prayed and sang on a very hard night (v. 25). What gives you courage when you go through a night like that?
