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Andδὲthe jailerὁ δεσμοφύλαξreportedἀπήγγειλενtheseτούτουςwordsτοὺς λόγουςtoπρὸςPaul:τὸν Παῦλον“The magistratesοἱ στρατηγοὶhave sentἈπέσταλκανwordthatἵναyou be released.ἀπολυθῆτεSoοὖνnowνῦνcome outἐξελθόντεςandgoπορεύεσθεinἐνpeace.”εἰρήνῃ
Acts 16:36
Study it in the app“And the jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent word that you be released. So now come out and go in peace.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:36, word by word
- the jailerδεσμοφύλαξdesmophylax
jailer
Jailer.
Where else “desmophylax” appears- reportedἀπήγγειλενapēngeilen
report, tell
Report, announce, tell what happened.
Where else “apēngeilen” appears- wordsλόγουςlogous
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logous” appears- PaulΠαῦλονPaulon
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulon” appears- “The magistratesστρατηγοὶstratēgoi
magistrate
An official of a Roman city.
Where else “stratēgoi” appears- have sentἈπέσταλκανApestalkan
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “Apestalkan” appears- you be releasedἀπολυθῆτεapolythēte
release
To set a prisoner free, or cancel a debt.
Where else “apolythēte” appears- come outἐξελθόντεςexelthontes
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exelthontes” appears- goπορεύεσθεporeuesthe
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuesthe” appears- peaceεἰρήνῃeirēnēi
peace with God
The calm God gives: being on good terms with him.
Where else “eirēnēi” appears
The context
35And when day came, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Release those men.”
36 · This verse (above)
37But Paul said to them, “They beat us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Romans, and threw us into prison, and now are they throwing us out secretly? No indeed! Rather, let them come themselves and bring us out.”
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?