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Andδὲtheyοἱsaid,εἶπαν“BelieveΠίστευσονinἐπὶthe Lordτὸν κύριονJesus,Ἰησοῦνandκαὶyou will be saved,σωθήσῃyouσὺandκαὶyour household.”ὁ οἶκός σου
Acts 16:31
Study it in the app“And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.””
A jailer asks what to do; the answer is shortFaith
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:31, word by word
- saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- “BelieveΠίστευσονPisteuson
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “Pisteuson” appears- the Lordκύριονkyrion
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrion” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears- you will be savedσωθήσῃsōthēsēi
save
To rescue from sin and ruin.
Where else “sōthēsēi” appears- your householdοἶκόςoikos
household
The family, or a people descended from one man, like Israel.
Where else “oikos” appears
The context
30And bringing them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 · This verse (above)
32And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.
To study Acts 16 in a group
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?