Acts 16:30–31
A jailer asks what to do; the answer is short
Study it word by word30And bringing them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
In its context
28But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!”
29And asking for lights, he rushed in and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.
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32And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.
33And he took them in that hour of the night and washed them from their wounds, and he and all his family were immersed immediately.
Its words in the original
- προαγαγὼνproagagōn· go ahead
To go ahead, to lead.
- ἔξωexō· outside
Outside, out.
- ἔφηephē· say
Say.
- ΚύριοιKyrioi· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- δεῖdei· bind, tie
Bind, tie.
- ποιεῖνpoiein· do, make
Do, make, produce.
- σωθῶsōthō· save
Save, rescue from danger or death; also heal from an illness.
- εἶπανeipan· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΠίστευσονPisteuson· believe
Believe, trust.
- ἸησοῦνIēsoun· 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).
- οἶκόςoikos· house
House; also household, family.