Handelingen 16:34

34 En hij bracht hen in zijn huis, en zette hun de tafel voor, en verheugde zich, dat hij met al zijn huis aan God gelovig geworden was.

Handelingen 16:34 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 16:34

And when he had brought them into his house
After he and his family had been baptized, either in the pool in the prison, or in the river near the city of Philippi:

he set meat before them;
he spread a table for them, with provisions to refresh them after all their fatigue; partly by stripes and imprisonment, partly by the exercises of prayer and praise, and also by the ministration of the word, and the administration of the ordinance of baptism to the jailer and his family:

and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house;
he and his rejoiced at the good news, of peace and pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation, which the Gospel brought unto them; they rejoiced in Christ Jesus, in his person, offices, grace and righteousness; believing in him who is truly and properly God, they were filled with joy unspeakable, and full of glory; with a joy that always attends true faith, and which a stranger intermeddles not with; and they rejoiced that they were admitted to the ordinance of Christ, and were among his baptized followers; so the eunuch, after baptism, went on his way rejoicing, ( Acts 8:39 ) .

Handelingen 16:34 In-Context

32 En zij spraken tot hem het woord des Heeren, en tot allen, die in zijn huis waren.
33 En hij nam hen tot zich in dezelve ure des nachts, en wies hen van de striemen; en hij werd terstond gedoopt, en al de zijnen.
34 En hij bracht hen in zijn huis, en zette hun de tafel voor, en verheugde zich, dat hij met al zijn huis aan God gelovig geworden was.
35 En als het dag geworden was, zonden de hoofdmannen de stadsdienaars, zeggende: Laat die mensen los.
36 En de stokbewaarder boodschapte deze woorden aan Paulus, zeggende: De hoofdmannen hebben gezonden, dat gij zoudt losgelaten worden; gaat dan nu uit, en reist heen in vrede.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.